hǎi
wài
tán

idiom

Meaning of 海外奇谈

海外奇谈 means unfounded, bizarre talk; a tall tale; a strange story from afar. Pronounced hǎi wài qí tán.

  • unfounded, bizarre talk; a tall tale; a strange story from afar

Definitions & Examples

Bié
tīng
shuō
 
dōu
shì
xiē
hǎi
wài
tán
 
méi
yǒu
rèn
shì
shí
 

Don't listen to his nonsense; those are all tall tales without any factual basis.

jiǎng
de
xiē
mào
xiǎn
shì
tīng
lái
jiù
xiàng
hǎi
wài
tán
 
ràng
rén
jiāng
xìn
jiāng
 

The adventure stories he told sounded like bizarre tales from afar, leaving people half-convinced and half-doubting.

Zhè
zhǒng
guān
dài
wén
míng
de
shuō
 
kàn
guò
shì
xiàn
dài
rén
de
hǎi
wài
tán
le
 

This bizarre claim about ancient civilization, in my view, is nothing more than a tall tale concocted by modern people.

zhě
diào
chá
hòu
xiàn
 
wǎng
luò
shàng
liú
chuán
de
suǒ
wèi
nèi
xiāo
xi
 
chún
shǔ
hǎi
wài
tán
 

After investigation, the journalist found that the so-called insider information circulating online was pure fiction.