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車大砲

ce1 daai6 paau3

che1 da4 pao4

to boast; to brag; to talk big | Mand.: 吹牛 (more commonly encountered as 車大炮, but note that the 炮 is really a character substitution for 車大奅)

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

車大砲

This word was added by bybell on 1st Jan 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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車 ce1 geoi1 che1 ju1 - cart; vehicle; car
大 daai6 da4 dai4 - big
砲 paau3 paau4 baau3 bo2 bao2 pao4 - [n] gun; cannon; artillery

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