吹牛(chuī niú): to talk big
HSK 7-92 characters
to talk big
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- chuī niú
- Meaning
- to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth
- HSK level
- HSK 7-9
- Characters
- 2
- Traditional
- Same
Related words
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(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)
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