卖片儿汤

Traditional (Taiwan): 賣片兒湯

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màipiànrtāng ㄇㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄢˋㄦㄊㄤ

- to fool people with pleasant but empty words

Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Literally: sell noodle-flake soup
Meaning: To fool people with pleasant words that have no substance, like a soup that is mostly water and leaves you hungry.

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