kuā

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  • 1

    v.exaggerate; overstate; boast

    • kuā dà

      exaggerated

    • kuā zhāng

      overstate

    • kuā yào

      耀

      boast

  • 2

    v.praise; commend; recommend

    • dà jiā dōu kuā tā chéng shí

      大家诚实

      He is praised for his honesty.

    • tā men kuā tā shì gè hǎo lǎo shī

      他们老师

      They recommend her as a good teacher.

    • dà jiā dōu kuā tā ài láo dòng

      大家劳动

      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

Similar-form characters to 夸