打肿脸充胖子

Traditional: 打腫臉充胖子

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 打肿脸充胖子 mean?

打肿脸充胖子 (dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. 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 breakdown

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打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]肿zhǒngto swell · swelling 脸liǎnface · CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]充chōngsufficient; full · to fill 胖pánhealthy · at ease 子zǐson · child

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打肿脸充胖子

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