wag one's tongue; engage in demagoguery; harangue
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to wag one's tongue; to engage in demagoguery; to harangue; to inflame and lobby through rhetoric
derogatory含强烈贬义，形容人卖弄口才，煽动他人，或只说空话而不务实。
Tā他
zǒng总
shì是
xǐ喜
huān欢
yáo摇
chún唇
gǔ鼓
shé舌
，
shān煽
dòng动
bù不
míng明
zhēn真
xiàng相
de的
qún群
zhòng众
。
He always loves to wag his tongue, inciting masses who don't know the truth.
Nà那
xiē些
zhèng政
kè客
zhǐ只
huì会
yáo摇
chún唇
gǔ鼓
shé舌
，
què却
méi没
yǒu有
shí实
jì际
xíng行
dòng动
。
Those politicians only know how to harangue, without any actual action.
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Bù不
yào要
tīng听
tā他
yáo摇
chún唇
gǔ鼓
shé舌
，
tā他
zì自
jǐ己
shén什
me么
běn本
shì事
dōu都
méi没
yǒu有
。
Don't listen to his demagoguery; he himself has no skills at all.