groundless talk
Scattered words, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is s ǎ NY á NSU ì y ǔ, which means idle words. Nag about things that have nothing to do with business. It comes from journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The 80th chapter of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: "today, I've been taken by him with a piece of gossip, but it's not a waste of effort?"
Idiom usage
I have never liked his gossip.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: Gossip
groundless talk
enemy forces closing in from all sides - sì jiāo duō lěi
be surrounded by hills and rivers - zǔ shān dài hé
apply ointment to one 's lips and wipe one 's tongue with a towel - gāo chún shì shé
give a person bellyfuls of fisticuffs - bǎo yǐ lǎo quán