废话

• 병음: fèi huà
• 한자 분석: 废 = 广 + 发 (abandoned structure — useless, discarded); 话 = 讠+ 舌 (speech + tongue — spoken words)

뜻

헛소리; 쓸데없는 말

A colloquial term used to dismiss speech as pointless, obvious, or time-wasting. Can be used dismissively (废话少说 — cut the nonsense) or playfully. Also used as an exclamation meaning 'Obviously!' or 'What a pointless thing to say!'

예문

1. 他在发言中用了整整十分钟反复阐述所有人都心知肚明的背景情况，与会者普遍认为这些废话严重压缩了讨论实质性议题的宝贵时间。
2. 她直截了当地打断了对方冗长的铺垫，说道：'废话少说，直接告诉我你的诉求是什么，我们没有时间在这里兜圈子。
3. 所谓的'用户协议'长达数万字，充斥着法律术语和大量废话，实际上没有任何普通用户会真正阅读全文再作出是否同意的决定。

사용 가이드

맥락: daily life, workplace, interpersonal, colloquial

어조: dismissive

올바른 표현

• 在高效率的工作环境中，冗长的会前寒暄和反复重申已知背景信息的习惯性废话会显著降低团队的整体决策速度和执行效能。(In a high-efficiency work environment, lengthy pre-meeting small talk and the habitual waste of time repeating already-known background information significantly reduces the overall decision-making speed and operational effectiveness of the team.)
• 这份市场分析报告结构松散，充斥着大量描述性废话而缺乏基于数据的实质性洞察，根本无法为管理层的战略决策提供任何有价值的参考依据。(This market analysis report is loosely structured and filled with large amounts of descriptive nonsense while lacking substantive data-based insights, making it completely incapable of providing any valuable reference for management's strategic decision-making.)

피해야 할 표현

• 废话 in formal written contexts — 废话 is strongly colloquial; in formal writing, use 冗余表述 (redundant expressions), 无效信息 (ineffective information), or 赘语 (superfluous words) instead

기원과 역사

废 (useless; discarded) + 话 (words; speech) — useless words — pointless talk

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal