chàng
gāo
diào
調

idiom
informal

Meaning of 唱高调

唱高调 means talk big; pay lip service; make unrealistic, grand statements without action. Pronounced chàng gāo diào.

  • talk big; pay lip service; make unrealistic, grand statements without action

Definitions & Examples

zǒng
zài
huì
shàng
chàng
gāo
diào
 
chéng
nuò
yào
gǎi
 
dàn
shén
me
shí
shì
dōu
méi
zuò
 

He always talks big at meetings, promising reforms, but does nothing substantive.

men
fǎn
duì
zhǒng
zhǐ
chàng
gāo
diào
 
gàn
shí
shì
de
zuò
fēng
 

We oppose that style of just paying lip service without doing practical work.

Bié
tīng
chàng
gāo
diào
r
le
 
kàn
xià
zěn
me
zuò
ba
 

Don't listen to his grandstanding; let's see what he does next.

Kōng
tán
guó
 
shí
gàn
xīng
bāng
 
men
néng
zhǐ
huì
chàng
gāo
diào
 

Empty talk harms the nation, solid work brings prosperity; we cannot just be good at talking big.

shì
zhēn
de
xiǎng
jiě
jué
wèn
 
zhǐ
shì
zài
méi
miàn
qián
chàng
gāo
diào
le
 

He doesn't really want to solve the problem; he's just grandstanding in front of the media.