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虚张声势

xūzhāngshēngshì

(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

(idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 虚张声势 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 虚张声势 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

汤姆在虚张声势。tāng mǔ zài xū zhāng shēng shì。

Tom's bluffing.

人生如梦，如影随形，像个蹩脚的演员，在舞台上虚张声势、矫揉造作一小时，然后便销声匿迹。人生如白痴讲的故事，喧嚣吵杂，却毫无意义。rén shēng rú mèng， rú yǐng suí xíng， xiàng gè bié jiǎo de yǎn yuán， zài wǔ tái shàng xū zhāng shēng shì、 jiǎo róu zào zuò yī xiǎo shí， rán hòu biàn xiāo shēng nì jì。 rén shēng rú bái chī jiǎng de gù shì， xuān xiāo chǎo zá， què háo wú yì yì。

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

花子虚张声势。huā zi xū zhāng shēng shì。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 虚张声势.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 虚张声势.

Directly before

  • 花子虚张声势1
  • 在虚张声势1
  • 上虚张声势1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 虚张声势

What does 虚张声势 mean in Chinese?

虚张声势 (xūzhāngshēngshì) means (idiom) to bluff; to bluster; to make an empty show of strength.

How do you pronounce 虚张声势?

虚张声势 is pronounced xūzhāngshēngshì.

Is 虚张声势 an HSK word?

虚张声势 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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