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夸大

kuādà

to exaggerate; to overstate

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Characters in this word

夸 kuā

Strokes
6
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
大 big, great, vast, high, deep 亏 to lose, to fail
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 有些媒体为了吸引点击,故意夸大研究结论,忽略了样本规模的限制。 Yǒuxiē méitǐ wèile xīyǐn diǎnjī, gùyì kuādà yánjiū jiélùn, hūlüè le yàngběn guīmó de xiànzhì. Some media outlets deliberately exaggerate research conclusions to attract clicks, ignoring the limitations of sample size.
  • 他夸大了自己的成绩,其实只是普通水平。 Tā kuādà le zìjǐ de chéngjì, qíshí zhǐshì pǔtōng shuǐpíng. He exaggerated his results; in fact they were only average.
  • 广告常常夸大商品的效果,买之前要多比较。 Guǎnggào chángcháng kuādà shāngpǐn de xiàoguǒ, mǎi zhīqián yào duō bǐjiào. Ads often overstate a product's effect, so compare before buying.

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