吹拍
chuī pāi
Pinyin

Definition

吹拍
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chuī pāi
  1. to resort to bragging and flattering
  2. abbr. for 吹牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chuī niú pāi mǎ]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吹
chuī
  1. 1 to blow
  2. 2 to play a wind instrument
  3. 3 to blast
  4. 4 to puff
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 to brag
  7. 7 to end in failure
  8. 8 to fall through
拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
吹干
chuī gān
  1. 1 to blow-dry
吹嘘
chuī xū
  1. 1 to brag
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
吹风机
chuī fēng jī
  1. 1 hair dryer
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍手
pāi shǒu
  1. 1 to clap one's hands
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price
翻拍
fān pāi
  1. 1 to reproduce photographically
  2. 2 to duplicate
  3. 3 to adapt (as a movie)
  4. 4 to remake (a movie)
  5. 5 adaptation
  6. 6 reproduction
  7. 7 remake
自拍
zì pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture or video of oneself
  2. 2 to take a selfie
  3. 3 selfie

Idioms (15)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
砍头不过风吹帽
kǎn tóu bù guò fēng chuī mào
  1. 1 to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
  1. 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
自吹自擂
zì chuī zì léi
  1. 1 to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)
自我吹嘘
zì wǒ chuī xū
  1. 1 to blow one's own horn (idiom)
风吹日晒
fēng chuī rì shài
  1. 1 (idiom) to be exposed to the elements
风吹雨打
fēng chuī yǔ dǎ
  1. 1 lit. windswept and battered by rain
  2. 2 to undergo hardship (idiom)

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