吹嘘

吹噓
chuīxū
to brag

CEDICT

  1. (literary or dialectal) to breathe out
  2. (literary) to attack (of wind)
  3. (literary) to do something with ease
  4. (literary) to play a yu (竽)
  5. (literary) to promote
  6. to attack (of wind)
  7. to breathe out
  8. to do something with ease
  9. to lavish praise on oneself or others; to brag; to boast
  10. to play a yu (竽)
  11. to promote

Wiktionary

  1. 呼气、嘘气。
  2. 吹捧、称扬。
  3. 比喻不费吹灰之力而能成就大事。
  4. 风吹。
  5. 比喻奖掖擢升。
  6. 吹竽。

重編國語辭典

  1. 不费吹灰之力而能成就大事
  2. 吹捧、称扬
  3. 吹竽
  4. 呼气、嘘气
  5. 奖掖擢升
  6. 风吹

維基詞典

Examples

他吹嘘这场谋杀。

He bragged about the killing.

Source: Tatoeba

吹嘘与雄心的差别甚小。

The difference between bragging and being ambitious is miniscule.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 吹 chuī
  1. to blow
  2. to play a wind instrument
  3. to blast
  4. to puff
  5. to boast
  6. to brag
  7. to end in failure
  8. to fall through
2 嘘 xū
  1. to exhale slowly
  2. to hiss
  3. hush!

Containing this entry

自我吹嘘 zìwǒchuīxū to blow one's own horn (idiom)

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  1. (dialect) to boast
  2. to brag
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  1. to boast
  2. to brag
  3. boastful
  4. exaggerative
  5. pompous
  6. bombastic
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  1. to rock back and forth
  2. (fig.) to act ostentatiously
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