言過其實
yán​guò​qí​shí

to exaggerate

  • created sense approved 言过其实/言過其實 · yán​guò​qí​shí · to exaggerate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    言过其实 / 言過其實

    yán​guò​qí​shí

    to exaggerate

    to overstate the facts; to describe something as being greater than it actually is

    言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 过 (literal) → 过/過 · guò · to exceed 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 实 (literal) → 实/實 · shí · fact

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

    created sense