to talk nonsense in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 胡说 with this easy mnemonic:

The man with the beard (胡) thinks he can say (说) whatever he wants, but he just talks a bunch of nonsense all the time.

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• 胡
• 说

• 胡扯
• 胡说八道
• 传说
• 说明
• 说话
• 说实话
• 小说
• 说说
• 也就是说
• 胡说
• 说法
• 说服
• 说不定
• 胡子
• 据说
• 说了算

The reading of 胡说 is hú shuō.

You can remember how to say 胡说 with this useful mnemonic:

Who (hú) are you to judge if he's talking nonsense? I think we should (shu) all (ō) be a little less judgemental.

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Learning vocabulary like to talk nonsense and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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