| 口出狂言 |
kǒu chū kuáng yán |
to speak conceited nonsense / to come out with arrogant claptrap |
| 口 |
kǒu |
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 狂 |
kuáng |
mad / wild / violent |
| 狂言 |
kuáng yán |
ravings / delirious utterances / kyōgen (a form of traditional Japanese comic theater) |
| 言 |
yán |
words / speech / to say / to talk |