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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.exaggerate; overstate; boast
夸大
exaggerated
夸张
overstate
夸耀
boast
- 2
v.praise; commend; recommend
大家都夸他诚实。
He is praised for his honesty.
他们夸她是个好老师。
They recommend her as a good teacher.
大家都夸她爱劳动。
Everyone praised her for her love of labour.
Words and phrases with 夸
- 夸饰[word]describe in an exaggerated way
- 夸大妄想[word]delusion of grandeur
- 夸奖[word]commend
- 夸耀[word]brag about
- 夸示[word]show off
- 夸海口[word]brag
- 夸脱[word]quart
- 夸口[word]boast
- 夸嘴[word]boast
- 夸父逐日[idiom]be ignorant of one's strength
- 夸夸其谈[idiom]exaggerate in writing and speech
- 夸父追日[idiom]Kua Fu's race with the sun. According to an ancient myth in Book of Mountains and Seas, Northern Lands Beyond the Sea, a man called Kua Fu, feeling extremely thirsty from chasing after the sun, drank up all the water in the Yellow and Weihe rivers, but that was still not enough. He travelled elsewhere seeking water but died from thirst midway. The stick he left later turned into a wood, called Deng Wood. Now people use this phrase as a metaphor for a person with a strong will or who overestimate
- 夸大其词[idiom]make an overstatement