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 4
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). 词 ('word') is the more common modern form, while 辞 ('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

夸 kuā
大 dà
其 qí
辞 cí