假大空

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain
trad. (假大空)		假	大	空
simp. #(假大空)		假	大	空

Etymology

Short for 假話／假话 (jiǎhuà) + 大話／大话 (dàhuà) + 空話／空话 (kōnghuà).

Popularised during the Cultural Revolution.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎdàkōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎdàkōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎdàkong
    • Wade–Giles: chia³-ta⁴-kʻung¹
    • Yale: jyǎ-dà-kūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeadahkong
    • Palladius: цзядакун (czjadakun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹ kʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

假大空

1. lies, big and empty words