放空气

放空氣

fàngkōngqì

idiom

Meanings

HSK 4

他早就放出空气，说先进工作者非他莫属。

Tā zǎojiù fàngchū kōngqì, shuō xiānjìn gōngzuòzhě fēi tā mò shǔ.

He's been putting word out all along that the 'model worker' award has to go to him.

HSK 7-9

公司里有人在放空气，说要裁员。

Gōngsī lǐ yǒurén zài fàngkōngqì, shuō yào cáiyuán.

Someone at the company is floating the word that layoffs are coming.

usage

Usually negative - implies planting a message indirectly to shape opinion or test reactions. Often followed by 说 introducing the claim being spread.

放 fàng

空 kōng

气 qì