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吹

chuī

HSK 2 · word 575 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他喜欢吹牛。

tā xǐ huan chuī niú

He likes to throw the bull.

The character 吹

吹 is 口, a mouth, beside 欠, a figure breathing out. To blow, and to play anything you blow into. Colloquially it is also to boast, and 吹了 says a plan or a couple has come to nothing.

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