天花坠地
tiān​huā​zhuì​dì

to talk big

  • created reference approved 天花坠地/天花墜地 → 天花乱坠/天花亂墜 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天花坠地 / 天花墜地 tiān​huā​zhuì​dì

    天花乱坠 / 天花亂墜 tiān​huā​luàn​zhuì

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天花坠地/天花墜地 · tiān​huā​zhuì​dì · to talk big — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天花坠地 / 天花墜地

    tiān​huā​zhuì​dì

    to talk big

    Describes speech that is vivid and flowery but often highly exaggerated or unrealistic; same as [[天花乱坠|天花亂墜|tian1 hua1 luan4 zhui4]]

    天花 (literal) → 天花 · tiān​huā · celestial flowers 坠地 (literal) → 坠地/墜地 · zhuì​dì · to fall to the ground

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense