futile; nonsense; blather
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to waste effort; to be futile; to be useless
dialectUsed in dialectal Chinese to describe efforts that yield no result or are completely wasted.
Tiān天
hái还
méi没
hēi黑
jiù就
ràng让
diǎn点
dēng灯
，
zhè这
bú不
shì是
xiā瞎
bāi掰
ma吗
？
It's not even dark yet and they want us to turn on the lights—what a waste of effort!
Nǐ你
zhè这
me么
gàn干
chún纯
shǔ属
xiā瞎
bāi掰
，
gēn根
běn本
xíng行
bù不
tōng通
。
Doing it this way is completely futile; it simply won't work.
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Bié别
xiā瞎
bāi掰
le了
，
hái还
shì是
xiǎng想
xiǎng想
bié别
de的
bàn办
fǎ法
ba吧
。
Stop wasting your effort and think of another way.
verb
to talk nonsense; to blather; to talk rubbish
dialectUsed in dialectal Chinese to describe insincere, fabricated, or nonsensical speech. Often implies the speaker is making things up.
Gēn根
běn本
méi没
yǒu有
zhè这
shì事
er儿
，
nǐ你
bié别
tīng听
tā他
xiā瞎
bāi掰
。
There's no such thing at all; don't listen to his nonsense.
Bié别
xiā瞎
bāi掰
le了
，
shuō说
shí实
huà话
ba吧
。
Stop talking rubbish and tell the truth.
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Tā他
jìng净
xiā瞎
bāi掰
，
méi没
rén人
xiāng相
xìn信
tā他
。
He's always blathering; nobody believes him.