吹牛拍马 (吹牛拍馬)
chuī niú pāi mǎ
Pinyin
Definition
吹牛拍马 (吹牛拍馬)
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- to resort to bragging and flattering
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 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
- 1 to pat
- 2 to clap
- 3 to slap
- 4 to swat
- 5 to take (a photo)
- 6 to shoot (a film)
- 7 racket (sports)
- 8 beat (music)
- 1 surname Niu
- 1 Taurus (star sign)
- 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Idioms (20)
一拍两散
- 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
- 2 to separate
一拍即合
- 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- 2 to hit it off
- 3 to click together
- 4 to chime in easily
九牛一毛
- 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
- 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
- 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
- 1 What brings you here? (idiom)