BRAG    吹牛

SPEAK PROUDLY OF ONESELF.
BOASTCROWSWAGGERSWANKBLUSTERGLOATSHOW OFFBLOW ONE'S OWN HORNSING ONE'S OWN PRAISESTALK BIGLAY IT ON THICK
Hypernym
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
  • ACT　MOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision. (anc: 11/0, child: 24)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • 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

    • Words (2 items)

    自見  zì xiàn MC: dzijH kenH OC: sblids ɡeens 2 Attributions
      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 klɯŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactbraggingCH