Empty words
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ū f è IC í Shu ō, which means to talk in vain; it means that speaking doesn't work. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 42 of romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "Liu Shijun and general sun have never been old since they came here. They are afraid of empty words."
Empty words
reward according to sb . 's deserts - lùn gōng xíng fēng
lay more stress on the present than on the past - hòu jīn bó gǔ
one 's hair was white and one 's complexion like a child 's. - hè fà tóng yán