吹牛
chuī niú
Pinyin

Definition

吹牛
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chuī niú
  1. to talk big
  2. to shoot off one's mouth
  3. to chat (dialect)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

吹
chuī
  1. 1 to blow
  2. 2 to play a wind instrument
  3. 3 to blast
  4. 4 to puff
  5. 5 to boast
  6. 6 to brag
  7. 7 to end in failure
  8. 8 to fall through
牛
Niú
  1. 1 surname Niu
牛奶
niú nǎi
  1. 1 cow's milk
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng],杯[bēi]
金牛
Jīn niú
  1. 1 Taurus (star sign)
  2. 2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
金牛座
Jīn niú zuò
  1. 1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
伏牛山
Fú niú shān
  1. 1 Funiu mountain range in southwest Henan, an eastern extension of Qinling range 秦嶺山脈|秦岭山脉[Qín lǐng shān mài], Shaanxi
公牛
gōng niú
  1. 1 bull
吹干
chuī gān
  1. 1 to blow-dry
吹嘘
chuī xū
  1. 1 to brag
吹牛
chuī niú
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot off one's mouth
  3. 3 to chat (dialect)
吹风机
chuī fēng jī
  1. 1 hair dryer
奶牛
nǎi niú
  1. 1 milk cow
  2. 2 dairy cow
斗牛
Dǒu Niú
  1. 1 Big Dipper and Altair (astronomy)
牛仔
niú zǎi
  1. 1 cowboy
牛仔裤
niú zǎi kù
  1. 1 jeans
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
牛刀小试
niú dāo xiǎo shì
  1. 1 see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiǎo shì niú dāo]
牛市
niú shì
  1. 1 bull market
牛排
niú pái
  1. 1 steak
牛气
niú qi
  1. 1 (coll.) haughty
  2. 2 overbearing
  3. 3 (economics) bullish
牛油
niú yóu
  1. 1 butter

Idioms (20)

九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
九牛二虎之力
jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì
  1. 1 tremendous strength (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
初生牛犊不怕虎
chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the young are fearless
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
吹毛求疵
chuī máo qiú cī
  1. 1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious
  2. 2 nitpick
吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
呼牛呼马
hū niú hū mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
土牛木马
tǔ niú mù mǎ
  1. 1 clay ox, wooden horse (idiom); shape without substance
  2. 2 worthless object
多如牛毛
duō rú niú máo
  1. 1 as many as the hair of the ox (idiom)
  2. 2 great amount of
  3. 3 countless
对牛弹琴
duì niú tán qín
  1. 1 lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience
  3. 3 to cast pearls before swine
  4. 4 caviar to the general
  5. 5 to preach to deaf ears
  6. 6 to talk over sb's head
小试牛刀
xiǎo shì niú dāo
  1. 1 to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
带牛佩犊
dài niú pèi dú
  1. 1 to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
杀牛宰羊
shā niú zǎi yáng
  1. 1 slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep
  2. 2 to prepare a big feast (idiom)
气喘如牛
qì chuǎn rú niú
  1. 1 to breathe heavily like an ox (idiom)
  2. 2 to huff and puff
汗牛充栋
hàn niú chōng dòng
  1. 1 lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
泥牛入海
ní niú rù hǎi
  1. 1 lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. to disappear with no hope of returning
牛山濯濯
niú shān zhuó zhuó
  1. 1 treeless hills (idiom)
牛溲马勃
niú sōu mǎ bó
  1. 1 cow's piss, horse's ulcer (idiom); worthless nonsense
  2. 2 insignificant

Sample Sentences

哈！吹牛！罚你喝酒。
hā ！chuīniú ！fá nǐ hējiǔ 。
Ha! You're full of it! You gotta drink.
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吹牛！开！
chuīniú ！kāi ！
No way! Show them!
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老爸老妈，你们是不是又吹牛了？分数刚出来，连志愿都没填呢。
lǎobà lǎomā ，nǐmen shì bu shì yòu chuīniú le ？fēnshù gāng chūlái ，lián zhìyuàn dōu méi tián ne 。
Dad, mom -- are you guys talking big again? The scores just came out. I haven't even filled out my preferred major form.
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切，你少吹牛了。
qiē ，nǐ shǎo chuīniú le 。
Yeah, right. Quit exaggerating.
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别吹牛了。这条裙子的样式还不错，如果价格适中的话，我就买了。你报个底价吧。
bié chuīniú le 。zhè tiáo qúnzi de yàngshì hái bùcuò ，rúguǒ jiàgé shìzhōng dehuà ，wǒ jiù mǎi le 。nǐ bào ge dǐjià ba 。
Stop tooting your own horn. The style of the skirt is nice. I would buy it if its a reasonable price. Just give me your lowest price.
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