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无稽之谈

wú jī zhī tán

4-character word Traditional 無稽之談

What 无稽之谈 means

1. idiomcomplete nonsense

The characters in 无稽之谈

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse

Example sentences

• 那是无稽之谈。只有傻瓜才会相信。
  Nàshi wújīzhītán. zhǐ yǒu shǎguā cái huì xiāngxìn.
  That's nonsense. Nobody but a fool would believe it.