誇大 [夸－]

Jyutping kwaa1 daai6
Pinyin kuā dà

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to exaggerate
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    描述​得​比​真實​更加​嚴重
    to exaggerate; to magnify
    • 你攞一百分？有冇誇大架？
      你攞一百分？有冇夸大架？
      nei5 lo2 jat1 baak3 fan1? jau5 mou5 kwaa1 daai6 gaa3?
      You got 100 marks? Are you exaggerating?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to exaggerate; to overstate; to hyperbolise
    (syn.) 擺攤子, 夸张, 誇張, 虛張, 摆摊儿, 虚张, 鋪張, 摆摊子, 铺张, 渲染, 擺攤兒
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2454
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我们不要夸大事实吧。
    我們不要誇大事實吧。
    wǒ men bù yào kuā dà shì shí ba 。
    • Let's not exaggerate the facts.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    夸大
    誇大
    kwaa1 daai6
    • to overstate
  2. Cantonese
    蛤蚧嘅药用价值畀中医夸大咗。
    蛤蚧嘅藥用價值畀中醫誇大咗。
    • In Chinese medicine, the effects of gecko have been overstated.
  3. Cantonese
    传媒将官员失职嘅事夸大，搞到满城风雨，最后令到𠮶个官员辞职。
    傳媒將官員失職嘅事誇大，搞到滿城風雨，最後令到嗰個官員辭職。
    cyun4 mui4 zoeng3 gun1 jyun4 sat1 zik1 ge3 si6 kwaa1 daai, gaau2 dou3 mun5 sing4 fung1 jyu5, zeoi3 hau6 ling6 dou3 go2 go3 gun1 jyun4 ci4 zik1.
    • The mass media exaggerated the malpractice of an official and the news spread like wildlife. Finally he had to resign.
  4. Cantonese
    你攞一百分？有冇夸大架？
    你攞一百分？有冇誇大架？
    nei5 lo2 jat1 baak3 fan1? jau5 mou5 kwaa1 daai6 gaa3?
    • You got 100 marks? Are you exaggerating?
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    他们只提强弱对比一点，是他们的片面性；他们将此片面的东西夸大起来看成全体，又是他们的主观性。
    他們只提強弱對比一點，是他們的片面性；他們將此片面的東西誇大起來看成全體，又是他們的主觀性。
    tā men zhǐ tí qiáng ruò duì bǐ yī diǎn ， shì tā men de piàn miàn xìng ； tā men jiāng cǐ piàn miàn de dōng xi kuā dà qǐ lai kàn chéng quán tǐ ， yòu shì tā men de zhǔ guān xìng ．
    • Their preoccupation with the contrast in strength shows their one-sidedness, and their exaggeration of this one side of the matter into the whole shows their subjectivism.
  2. Mandarin
    参与漂绿的不仅是公司，政府和政客亦可以透过漂绿来夸大自身环保功绩，往自己脸上贴金。
    參與漂綠的不僅是公司，政府和政客亦可以透過漂綠來誇大自身環保功績，往自己臉上貼金。
    cān yǔ piào lǜ de bù jǐn shì gōng sī ， zhèng fǔ hé zhèng kè yì kě yǐ tòu guò piào lǜ lái kuā dà zì shēn huán bǎo gōng jì ， wǎng zì jǐ liǎn shàng tiē jīn ．
    • Companies are not the only side participating in greenwashing, government and politicians can also glorify themselves by greenwashing.