講大話

講⫽大話 (verb-object)

1. (chiefly Cantonese) to tell a lie; to lie
   • (Can we date this quote?), CE Election Debate 2012‎^[1], spoken by 梁振英 [CY Leung]:

     你嘅僭建問題呢，唔係單純嘅僭建問題，而係公開噉向市民講大話，隱瞞你嘅僭建問題。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     你嘅僭建问题呢，唔系单纯嘅僭建问题，而系公开噉向市民讲大话，隐瞒你嘅僭建问题。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     nei⁵ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴ ne¹, m⁴ hai⁶ daan¹ seon⁴ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴, ji⁴ hai⁶ gung¹ hoi¹ gam² hoeng³ si⁵ man⁴ gong² daai⁶ waa⁶, jan² mun⁴ nei⁵ ge³ cim⁵ gin³ man⁶ tai⁴. [Jyutping]

     Your unauthorized building works problem is not solely an unauthorized building works problem, but is publicly telling lies to the public, hiding your unauthorized building works problem.

2. (Puxian Min) to brag; to boast; to bluff
3. (Puxian Min) to speak words of substance; to make weighty statements

• (to tell a lie):

• (to brag):

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “讲大话”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 231.