言过其实 (言過其實) yán guò qíshí
yán guò qíshí
set phrase
to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '言過其實')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第八十五回 Chapter 85 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
- 卷三十九 蜀書九 董劉馬陳董呂傳 Volume 39: Book of Shu 9 - Biographies of Dong, Liu, Ma, Chen, Dong, and Lü Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 第九十六回 Chapter 96 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1
Collocations
- 謖言过其实 (謖言過其實) 馬謖言過其實 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十九 蜀書九 董劉馬陳董呂傳 Volume 39: Book of Shu 9 - Biographies of Dong, Liu, Ma, Chen, Dong, and Lü — count: 2