kuā​shì

to exaggerate

  • created sense approved 夸饰/誇飾 · kuā​shì · to exaggerate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夸饰 / 誇飾

    kuā​shì

    to exaggerate

    to exaggerate or overstate in writing or speech; to describe with rhetorical flourish beyond-factual embellishment

    夸 (literal) → 夸/誇 · kuā · to boast 饰 (literal) → 饰/飾 · shì · to decorate

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  • created sense approved 夸饰/誇飾 · kuā​shì · hyperbole — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夸饰 / 誇飾

    kuā​shì

    hyperbole

    rhetorical device of exaggeration used to create emphasis or effect

    夸 (literal) → 夸/誇 · kuā · to boast 饰 (literal) → 饰/飾 · shì · to decorate

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

    created sense