打肿脸充胖子 (打腫臉充胖子)
dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi
Pinyin

Definition

打肿脸充胖子 (打腫臉充胖子)
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dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

充值卡
chōng zhí kǎ
  1. 1 rechargeable card
  2. 2 to recharge a card
充满
chōng mǎn
  1. 1 full of
  2. 2 brimming with
  3. 3 very full
  4. 4 permeated
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sample Sentences

哈，你真大方。这种情况下，实在没零钱就别给了，不用打肿脸充胖子。
hā ，nǐ zhēn dàfang 。zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià ，shíshì méi língqián jiù bié gěi le ，bùyòng dǎzhǒngliǎn chōngpàngzi 。
Ha, you're really generous. In this situation, if you don't have change then you don't need to give anything. There's no need to put on airs.
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