虛張聲勢
xū​zhāng​shēng​shì

to bluff

  • created sense approved 虚张声势/虛張聲勢 · xū​zhāng​shēng​shì · to bluff — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚张声势 / 虛張聲勢

    xū​zhāng​shēng​shì

    to bluff

    (idiom) to bluff and bluster; to make an empty show of strength; to deliberately create a false appearance of power

    虚张 (literal) → 虚张/虛張 · xū​zhāng · to bluster 声势 (literal) → 声势/聲勢 · shēng​shì · momentum

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

    created sense