打官话

Traditional form:

打官話

Pinyin (reading):

dǎguānhuà

Definitions:

• to talk officiously
• to assume the air of a functionary
• to talk in official jargon

Characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 官 - official, public servant
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 官 - official, public servant
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect