BRAG  吹牛

SPEAK PROUDLY OF ONESELF.
BOASTCROWSWAGGERSWANKBLUSTERGLOATSHOW OFFBLOW ONE'S OWN HORNSING ONE'S OWN PRAISESTALK BIGLAY IT ON THICK
Hypernym
  • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
    • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
      • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
        • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
  • Anthologia sive Florilegium rerum et materiarum selectarum ( LANGIUS 1631) p.

    OSTENTATIO

  • Bibliographisches Handbuch zur Sprachinhaltsforschung. Teil II. Systematischer Teil. B. Ordnung nach Sinnbezirken (mit einem alphabetischen Begriffsschluessel): Der Mensch und seine Welt im Spiegel der Sprachforschung ( FRANKE 1989) p. 48A

    PRAHLEN

Attributions by syntactic funtion

  • NPab : 2
  • VPi : 1

Attributions by text

  • 文選 : 2
  • 淮南子 : 1

Words

自見  zì xiàn MC: dzijH kenH OC: sblids ɡeensCH 2 AttributionsWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabactshowing oneself of, making a show of oneselfCH
  • VPishow oneself off, make a show of oneselfCH
伐矜  fá jīn MC: bjot king OC: bod klɯŋCH 1 AttributionWD
    Syntactic words
  • NPabactbraggingCH

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