boastful; exaggerated
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
boastful; bombastic; full of empty exaggeration
literaryA literary term (书) specifically describing speech or writing that is pompous and divorced from reality.
Cǐ此
rén人
yán言
cí辞
kuā夸
dàn诞
，
suǒ所
shù述
zhī之
shì事
duō多
wéi为
xū虚
gòu构
。
This person's speech is bombastic; most of the things he narrates are fabricated.
Tā他
de的
bào报
gào告
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
kuā夸
dàn诞
zhī之
cí词
，
háo毫
wú无
shí实
jì际
shù数
jù据
zhī支
chēng撑
。
His report was full of exaggerated words, with no actual data to support them.
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Gǔ古
rén人
gào告
jiè诫
wǒ我
men们
：
kuā夸
dàn诞
zhī之
cí词
，
bù不
zú足
wéi为
xìn信
。
The ancients warned us: boastful words are not to be believed.