汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 放空炮
fàng kōng pào
放空炮
(lit.) to fire blank shots / (fig.) to be all talk and no action / to shoot one's mouth off / to make empty promises
空谈 纸上谈兵 坐而论道 说空话
比喻说空话，说了不能兑现要说到做到，不能～。
放 fàng 空 kōng/kòng 炮 pào
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他改变了前辈哲学家那种放空炮的做法。

He changed the blank practice of the elder philosophers.

它既在“放空炮”，也不像批评人士所声称的那样，是在不计后果地削弱美国安全。

But it is neither a non-event, nor, as some critics allege, a reckless weakening of US security.

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