| 姑 |
gū wàng yán zhī | to just talk for the sake of talking |
| 姑 |
gū | paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) |
| 妄 |
wàng | absurd / fantastic / presumptuous / rash |
| 妄 |
wàng yán | lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) |
| 言 |
yán | words / speech / to say / to talk |
| 之 |
zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |