夸大其辞

誇大其辭
kuādà-qící
idiom #36,438

Meanings

  1. 1 to exaggerate
  2. 2 to overstate the case
  3. 3 to make wild claims

Examples

HSK 3
Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì kuādà-qící.
He always exaggerates when he talks.
HSK 5
Guǎnggào kuādà-qící, bùkě quán xìn.
Advertisements exaggerate, so they can't be fully trusted.

Tips

mistakes
夸大其辞 and 夸大其词 are both attested and pronounced identically (kuādàqící). ('word') is the more common modern form, while ('speech, statement') is the older variant. Both are correct.
history
Traceable to Song-dynasty scholar 楼钥's 《攻媿集·论灾异》: 祥瑞之出,则润色而张大其词 ('When auspicious omens appear, people embellish and exaggerate them').

Stroke Order

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