干白 gān bái — empty talk; all talk and no action

干白
gān bái

Characters: 干 · 白

Definitions

  1. empty talk; all talk and no action

More definitions

ExtDict

  1. 空说而无用。

Examples

  • 光干白没用，得拿出真金白银来。

    Empty talk gets us nowhere; we need real money behind it.

  • 他答应得痛快，结果只是干白一场。

    He promised readily, but it turned out to be all talk.