并不是什么 空口白牙的画饼之言
“was not empty talk or hollow bait.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
诸位应知
“what I promised you just now”
并不是 什么 空口白牙 的 画饼 之言
“was not empty talk or hollow bait.”
当然
“Of course,”
“Trust me, I am offering tangible results, not making hollow promises to deceive you.”
A deeply rooted Chinese cultural metaphor for making alluring but unattainable promises, widely used in both historical intrigue and modern corporate contexts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
making unsubstantiated claims without proof; empty talk
An idiomatic phrase used to emphasize that someone is speaking without evidence, collateral, or real intention to deliver.
making empty promises; painting a rosy picture
Short for 'drawing a pie to feed hunger' (画饼充饥), this is very popular modern and classical slang for dangling fake incentives.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“You're just here freeloading?”
“From a filthy mouth comes no decent speech. You got me wrong.”
“-What are you talking about? -What a waste. It's not entirely impossible.”
“I'll be blunt.”
“We are both ungrateful.”
“stop slandering an innocent person with a false charge.”