講大話 (gong2 daai6 waa6 | ) : to lie; to prevaricate

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講大話

gong2 daai6 waa6

to lie; to prevaricate | [普]: 說謊

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 56,300

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

講大話

This word was added by claw on 23rd Jul 2004 08:27 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

講 gong2 - say; speak
大 daai6 - big
話 waa6 waa6*2 - speech; words; sayings

1 compounds containing this word:

擘開眼講大話 - blatantly tell a lie; have the audacity to tell a lie with one's eyes wide open

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千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係大嚿衰粵
He tells lies to me every time... he's really obnoxious.
[大嚿衰 is specifically referencing a 大隻老.]

佢次次都同我講大話…佢真係正衰人粵
She tells lie to me every time... she's a really horrible person.

佢次次都講大話，都畀我聽到… 粵
He's always telling lies which I hear.
[Lit. He time time also tells-lies, also give me listen]

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