"Boast" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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吹 chuī to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through
夸 kuā to boast / to exaggerate / to praise
自夸 zì kuā to boast
夸口 kuā kǒu to boast
吹牛皮 chuī niú pí to boast / to talk big
大言 dà yán to exaggerate / to boast
瞎吹 xiā chuī to boast / to shoot one's mouth off
虚夸 xū kuā to boast / to brag / boastful / exaggerative / pompous / bombastic
夸海口 kuā hǎi kǒu to boast / to talk big
伐 fá to cut down / to fell / to dispatch an expedition against / to attack / to boast / Taiwan pr. [fa1]
诞 dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase
炫 xuàn to dazzle / to boast / to show off / (slang) cool / awesome
矜 jīn to boast / to esteem / to sympathize
衒 xuàn variant of 炫[xuan4] / (literary) to boast / to show off
訏 xū to boast / great / large
侘 chà boast / despondent
嗙 pǎng (dialect) to boast / to brag / (onom.) sound of hitting sth
说嘴 shuō zuǐ to boast
吹擂 chuī léi to talk big / to boast
自矜 zì jīn to boast / to blow one's own horn
𬣙 xū to boast / great / large
哃 tóng (literary) to talk nonsense / to boast / (used in place names)
自诩 zì xǔ to pose as / to flaunt oneself as / to boast of / to brag
大言不惭 dà yán bù cán to boast shamelessly / to talk big
逞能 chěng néng to show off one's ability / to boast one's merits
咋呼 zhā hu bluster / ruckus / to boast loudly
胡吹 hú chuī to boast wildly
侃大山 kǎn dà shān to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag
吹吹拍拍 chuī chuī pāi pāi to boast and flatter
打嘴 dǎ zuǐ to slap sb's face / to slap one's own face / fig. to fail to live up to a boast
有宝何必人前夸 yǒu bǎo hé bì rén qián kuā There is no need to boast about one's treasures. (idiom)
逞其口舌 chěng qí kǒu shé to boast of one's quarrels to others (idiom)
好汉不提当年勇 hǎo hàn bù tí dāng nián yǒng a real man doesn't boast about his past achievements (idiom)
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