打腫臉充胖子

简 打肿脸充胖子 · 繁 打腫臉充胖子
Mandarin · pinyin dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi

Meanings

  1. lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
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打
dǎ · strike, hit, beat; fight; attack
腫
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臉
liǎn · face; cheek; reputation
充
chōng · fill, be full, supply
胖
pàng · fat, obese; fatty
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
肿
zhǒng · swell; swollen; swelling
脸
liǎn · face; cheek; reputation
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3–3–3–1–4–5 · da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5

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daa2 zung2 lim5 cung1 bun6 zi2

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  1. (idiomatic) to boast in a way that actually cause damage to oneself

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Exact source record打腫臉充胖子 打肿脸充胖子 [da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5] /lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities/