坐在飞机上打电话，空谈坐在飛機上打電話，空談坐在飛機上打電話，空談

making a phone call on an airplane: empty talk (talk in the air)

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes people who only talk and never act. Critical.
Wordplay: 空 (kōng) means both 'in the air' and 'empty, to no purpose', so 空谈 is 'talk in the air' and 'idle talk'.

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Simplified: 坐在飞机上打电话，空谈
Traditional (Taiwan): 坐在飛機上打電話，空談
Pinyin: zuò zài fēijī shang dǎdiànhuà, kōngtán
Pinyin (Taiwan): zuò zài fēijī shàng dǎdiànhuà, kōngtán
Bopomofo: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄈㄟㄐㄧㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ，ㄎㄨㄥㄊㄢˊ

Written with HSK 1 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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