唱高调 (唱高調) chànggāotiáo
          
              chànggāotiáo 
              
              verb 
              to sing the high part; to speak fine sounding but empty words (idiom) 
              Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
              
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                Notes: (CC-CEDICT '唱高調')
              
               
          
          
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- Scroll 4: Different from the Crowd - Harmonization 卷四 與眾不同 調 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 1 - Conditions for Success 《人間萬事1-成就的條件》 — count: 5
- Writings on Chan School Thought - Fuel for the Flame to Pass on the Lamp 宗門思想篇 薪火傳燈 Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》 — count: 1
- Chapter 3: An Admonition for Conducting Oneself with Integrity - Living 卷三 處事箴言 ■活著 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 11 - Life's Possessions 《人間萬事11-生命的擁有》 — count: 1
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- 喜欢唱高调 (喜歡唱高調) 喜歡唱高調的人 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 1 - Conditions for Success 《人間萬事1-成就的條件》, Scroll 4: Different from the Crowd - Harmonization 卷四 與眾不同 調 — count: 2