浮夸 (浮誇)
fú kuā
Pinyin

Definition

浮夸 (浮誇)
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fú kuā
  1. to exaggerate
  2. to be boastful
  3. pompous
  4. grandiose

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

浮躁
fú zào
  1. 1 fickle and impatient
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 giddy
  4. 4 scatterbrained
浮云
fú yún
  1. 1 floating clouds
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 transient
轻浮
qīng fú
  1. 1 frivolous
  2. 2 careless
  3. 3 giddy
悬浮
xuán fú
  1. 1 to float (in the air etc)
  2. 2 suspension
沉浮
chén fú
  1. 1 lit. sinking and floating
  2. 2 to bob up and down on water
  3. 3 ebb and flow
  4. 4 fig. rise and fall
  5. 5 ups and downs of fortune
  6. 6 vicissitudes

Idioms (7)

人浮于事
rén fú yú shì
  1. 1 more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
浮光掠影
fú guāng lu:è yǐng
  1. 1 flickering light and passing shadows (idiom)
  2. 2 blurred scenery
  3. 3 cursory
  4. 4 superficial
浮出水面
fú chū shuǐ miàn
  1. 1 to float up (idiom); to become evident
  2. 2 to surface
  3. 3 to appear
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这么浮夸，不用成语会憋死你吗？嗯，今天是第五天，姨妈就快走咯。
zhème fúkuā ，bùyòng chéngyǔ huì biē sǐ nǐ ma ？ng4 ，jīntiān shì dìwǔtiān ，yímā jiù kuài zǒu lo 。
So grandiose? Would it kill you not to use a four character phrase? Eh, today is the fifth day, Aunty Flow must almost be on the out.
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