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胡说

hú shuō · hu shuo

Traditional 胡說

HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to talk nonsense
  2. drivel
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Fifty dumplings

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)一口气(yīkǒuqì)吃(chī)了(le)五十(wǔshí)个(gè)饺子(jiǎozi)！

    Yesterday I ate fifty dumplings in one go!

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)别(bié)胡说(húshuō)，五十(wǔshí)个(gè)？

    Don’t talk nonsense. Fifty?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)没(méi)胡说(húshuō)，是(shì)真(zhēn)的(de)！

    I’m not talking nonsense. It’s true!

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，那(nà)你(nǐ)拍照(pāizhào)了(le)吗(ma)？

    OK, did you take a photo then?

  5. Liangliang

    拍(pāi)了(le)……可是(kěshì)照片(zhàopiàn)里(lǐ)只有(zhǐyǒu)五个(wǔgè)。

    I did... but the photo only shows five.

  6. Dengdeng

    五个(wǔgè)？那(nà)你(nǐ)还(hái)说(shuō)五十(wǔshí)个(gè)，真是(zhēnshi)胡说(húshuō)！

    Five? And you said fifty. That’s really nonsense!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

别(bié)胡(hú)说(shuō)了(le)，事(shì)情(qing)根(gēn)本(běn)不(bú)是(shì)那(nà)样(yàng)的(de)。

Stop talking nonsense; that's not how things are at all.

02

他(tā)说(shuō)的(de)那(nà)些(xiē)话(huà)全(quán)是(shì)胡(hú)说(shuō)，你(nǐ)别(bié)当(dàng)真(zhēn)。

Everything he said was nonsense; don't take it seriously.

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