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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

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

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