kuā

to boast; to exaggerate

to praise

big (大) + sound (亏) = to boast and exaggerate

大 suggests bigness or excess — the kind of grand, inflated talk that boasting involves. 亏 mainly gives the sound kuā and does not carry the meaning here.

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妈妈常常我做的饭很好吃。

māma cháng cháng kuā wǒ zuò de fàn hěn hǎo chī。

Mom often praises me, saying the food I cook is very tasty.

他总是自己,其实没有那么厉害。

tā zǒng shì kuā zì jǐ,qí shí méi yǒu nà me lì hài。

He always boasts about himself, but in reality he is not that impressive.

Words with 夸

顶夸克

dǐng kuā kè

top quark (particle physics)

上夸克

shàng kuā kè

up quark (particle physics)

下夸克

xià kuā kè

down quark (particle physics)

吉普斯夸

jí pǔ sī kuā

Gipuzkoa or Guipúzcoa, one of the seven Basque provinces in north Spain

夸克

kuā kè

(particle physics) (loanword) quark

奇异夸克

qí yì kuā kè

strange quark (particle physics)

底夸克

dǐ kuā kè

bottom quark (particle physics)

浮夸

fú kuā

to exaggerate

自夸

zì kuā

to boast

王婆卖瓜,自卖自夸

wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

粲夸克

càn kuā kè

charm quark (particle physics)

老王卖瓜,自卖自夸

lǎo wáng mài guā , zì mài zì kuā

every potter praises his own pot (idiom)

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