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Meaning of 打肿脸充胖子

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
打 dǎ 肿 zhǒng 脸 liǎn 充 chōng 胖 pàng 子 zi (Trad.: 打腫臉充胖子)
lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
Example Sentences
1
他这个人总是喜欢打肿脸充胖子
。
He always did like this to pretend to be a wealthy man.
2
你这样打肿脸充胖子
,
到最后只能自己吃亏
。
If you get beyond your depth like this , it is you who will suffer at last.
3
呈现自己最好的一面
,
而不是打肿脸充胖子
。
Be the best of you, not better than you.
4
许多人认为
,
英国该停止打肿脸充胖子
,
故作繁忙了
。
Many maintain that Britain should give up the pretence of being a busy power.
5
与其打肿脸充胖子
,
不如想想
2010年
底你能完成些什么
。
Instead of biting off more than you can chew, figure out what you can reasonably accomplish by the end of 2010.