夸zhòngyīngguànyònglìgōu:
  • nǐ hěn róng yì xiǎng tōng guò kuā yào zì jǐ yǐ huò dé mǒu gè rén de qīng lái。
    When trying to impress someone, there's a big temptation to brag.
  • wǒ gēn tā jiǎng gōng zuò zhōng de fán nǎo， yě xiàng tā kuā yào pèi jí hé hái zǐ men。
    I tell her about my trials at work and brag about the kids and Peggy.
  • xǐ huān zì kuā díshì bīng（ zài xǐ jù zhōng de pǔ tōng juésè）。
    a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy).
  • kuā zhāng yì huǎng yán。
    Exaggeration is a branch of lying.
  • tā zì kuā zì jǐ zài zhàn dǒu zhōng rú hé yǒng gǎn。
    He boasted his brave in the battle.
  • kuā kuā qí tán， shí shì shǎo gān。
    They bray most that can do least.
  • zì kuā bèi rèn wéi shì méi yòu jiào yǎng de。
    Self praise is felt to be ill bred.
  • duō shù de rén dū xiǎng cóng zhōng móu qǔ bào lì， ér bù shì chún cuì xiǎng xīn shǎng tā， suǒ yǐ zhēn zhèng de xū qiú bèi kuā dà liǎo， pào mò zhōng yú zài 1637 nián de mǒu yī tiān pò liǎo。
    The real demand for the flowers was exaggerated by people who were buying them for speculation, not appreciation. The bubble finally burst in 1637.
  • shì wèi wán chéng xiān bié kuā yào。
    Never cackle till your egg is laid.
  • zhè xiē tiān， tā kuā yào zhe tā de xiāng yòu xiàng yá de shǒu zhàng。
    He sports an ivory - handled cane these days.
  • huá jī dòng zuò huá jī kuā zhāng de dòng zuò huò zī shì； guài dàn dòng zuò
    A ludicrous or extravagant act or gesture; a caper.
  • tā men de niú zǎi zhuāng bèi pí hù tuǐ tào kù、 xī xīng huī zhāng hé dà niú zǎi mào zhuāng shì dé kuā zhāng yōng sú
    Camped up their cowboy costumes with chaps, tin stars, and ten-gallon hats.
  • yī zhǒng kuā zhāng de xǐ jù， qí zhōng xíng dòng bǐ rén wù sù zào gèng xiǎn tū chū。
    an extravagant comedy in which action is more salient than characterization.
  • fǎ tè xī yé · kuā wò sī méi shì yī suǒ yī sī lán nǚ zǐ cí shàn xué xiào de xiào cháng， tā měi tiān dū ràng xué shēng men zài shàng wǔ jiǔ diǎn bàn de jí huì shàng tiǎo xuǎn yī gè yǎn jiǎng zhù tí。
    Every day Fathiyeh Qawasmeh， principal of the all － girl Islamic Charitable School， allows her students to choose a subject for a lecture at the 9:30 a.m. assembly.
  • jìn guǎn nà rén kuā kǒu shuō tā zhì hǎo liǎo xǔ duō rén de bìng， dàn tā hái shì bèi jiē chuān wéi yī gè jiāng hú piàn zǐ。
    In spite of his boasts of having cured many people, he was nevertheless shown up as a charlatan.
  • tā bù qīng yì kuā jiǎng rén。
    He is chary of giving praise.
  • qīng yì bù kuā jiǎng rén de
    Was chary of compliments.
  • tā men xīng zhì bó bó dì wèn bié rén， bìng bǐ cǐ gào zhī tā men de mǒu jiàn wù pǐn huā liǎo duō shǎo qián， yǐ jí tā men zhèng duō shǎo qián ( jìn guǎn hòu zhě cháng cháng bèi kuā dà yǐ zài zhòng rén miàn qián xuàn yào )， ér qiě hái huì shuō xiē zhè yàng de huà， “ nǐ wéi lí hūn xiàng lǜ shī zhī fù liǎo duō shǎo qián ?
    They cheerfully ask and tell each other what possessions cost and how much they earn (though the latter figure is often inflated for public consumption),and have conversations like, "How much did your lawyer charge you for your divorce?
  • tǒng jì fēn xī biǎo míng， jìn nián lái měi guó duì huá mào yì nì chā shì shì shí， dàn měi guó fāng miàn xiǎn rán bǎ nì chā de chéng dù yán zhòng dì kuā dà liǎo。
    Statistics and analyses prove it true that Sino-US trade has been in favour of China in recent years, but it is obvious that the size of the US de cit has been largely exaggerated by the US side.
  • tā suǒ shuō de chūn tiān sēn lín dà huǒ zhōng de sǐ wáng rén shù xiǎn rán shì kuā zhāng liǎo de。
    His claim about the number of people killed in the spring forest fire was evidently overstated.
  • kuā zàn， gǔ zhǎng zàn xǔ， yóu zhǐ gǔ zhǎng zàn xǔ
    To express approval, especially by clapping the hands.
  • tā wèi céng kuā yào guò zì jǐ de cōng míng。
    He never boasted of his cleverness.
  • měi gè chǔyú 'ān yì huán jìng zhōng de rén， dōukě yǐ zì kuā qí yǒng。
    Every cock crows on his own dunghill.
  • jiān jué jiū zhèng xū bào fú kuā 、 qī shàng mán xià、 làn yòng mín lì、 qiǎngpò mìng lìng de 'è liè zuò fēng， zuò dào jiǎng zhēn huà、 bàn shí shì、 qiú shí xiào。
    We must resolutely check bad practices, such as false reports to deceive one's superiors or subordinates, misuse of the people's financial resources, and coercion. We should speak the truth, do solid work, and stress practical results.
  • hěn qiǎo de shì， zhè yě shì běn · yuē hàn xùn zài hàn chéng kào fú yòng lèi gù chún páo chū lái de chéng jì， dāng shí tā céng kuā xià hǎi kǒu shuō， chú fēi shì tā běn rén dǎ pò， fǒu zé， zhè gè jì lù jiāng huì bǎo chí 50 nián。
    Coincidentally, this was the result run by Ben Johnson, who set the record in Seoul by tak-ing steroids. At that time, he used to boast that unless he himself broke the record, otherwise, this record would be kept for 50 years.
  • kuā kòu tè 'ěr zú yī zhī měi zhōu yìn dì 'ān rén， jū zhù zài bù liè diān gē lún bǐ yà shěng hǎi 'àn dì qū hé wēn gē huá dǎo běi bù dì qū
    A Native American people inhabiting parts of coastal British Columbia and northern Vancouver Island.
  • kě yì zhě， zhè zhǒng qíng yù dǐ guò dù， yǐ jí tā rú hé qī líng shì wù dǐ běn xìng jí jià zhí zhī chù， shì yóu cǐ kě jiàn de， jiù shì， cháng qī de kuā zhāng de yán cí wéi yòu zài guān yú liàn 'ài de yán yǔ zhōng shì hé shì de， zài qí tā de shì qíng zhōng zǒng shì bù yí。
    It is a strange thing, to note the excess of this passion; and how it braves the nature and value of things; by this,that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing but in love.
  • guò dù de 'ài qíng zhuī qiú， bì rán huì jiàng dī rén běn shēn de jià zhí。 lì rú， zhǐ yòu zài 'ài qíng zhōng， cái yǒng yuǎn xū yào nà zhǒng fú kuā zhōu mèi de cí lìng。
    It is a strange thing, to note the excess of this passion, and how it braves the nature, and value of things, by this; that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole, is comely in nothing but in love.
  • huá jī de chǎng miàn yǎn dé tài kuā zhāng。
    The comic scenes were overdone.
  • zhè jù de huá jī chǎng miàn tài kuā zhāng liǎo .
    The comic scenes in the play were overdone.
  • wéi qǔ dé xì jù xiào guǒ duì rén wù zuò de kuā zhāng chéng xiàn。
    a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect.
  • kuā kuā qí tán， guǐ huà lián piān。
    Great talker is commonly liar.