妄言妄听 — Chinese idiom
妄言妄听
wàng yán wàng tīng
Traditional: 妄言妄聽
Meaning
- unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave ; sth not to be taken too seriously
Character by character
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 妄wàngabsurd, foolish, ignorant; rash, reckless, wild
- 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey
Idioms sharing a character
- 妄下雌黄 wàng xià cí huáng
- 妄生穿凿 wàng shēng chuān záo
- 妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà
- 妄自菲薄 wàng zì fěi bó
- 痴心妄想 chī xīn wàng xiǎng
- 轻举妄动 qīng jǔ wàng dòng
- 一言一动 yī yán yī dòng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 一言不合 yī yán bù hé
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
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