天花乱坠
tiān​huā​luàn​zhuì

to hype up

  • created sense approved 天花乱坠/天花亂墜 · tiān​huā​luàn​zhuì · to hype up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天花乱坠 / 天花亂墜

    tiān​huā​luàn​zhuì

    to hype up

    (idiom) describing speech that is vivid and pleasing but extravagant, exaggerated, or unrealistic; literally meaning a deluge of heavenly flowers falling from the sky

    天花 (literal) → 天花 · tiān​huā · celestial flowers 乱 (literal) → 乱/亂 · luàn · messy 坠 (literal) → 坠/墜 · zhuì · to fall

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