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话柄

huà bǐng

2-character word Traditional 話柄

What 话柄 means

1. a pretext for gossip
2. a matter for derision

The characters in 话柄

• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 柄bǐnghandle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem…

Sounds the same

Read huà bǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 画饼(fig.) to make empty or unrealistic promises; to engage in unrealistic planning