大話 (daai6 waa6 | da4 hua4) : [粵]lie; [國] big talk

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大話

daai6 waa6

da4 hua4

[1] [粵] lie; deceit; fabrication ([華]說謊)
[2] [國] big/tall talk; boast; bragging

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

大話

This word has been viewed 2737 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 11th Dec 2012 04:37

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Characters in this word:

大 daai6 - big
話 waa6 waa2 - word; talk; speak; language

7 compounds containing this word:

講大話 - to lie; to prevaricate
說大話 - malarkey, mouthiness, to exaggerate
大大話話 - a rough estimate, roughly, without exaggeration (lit., "the big lie")
大話精 - liar
大話王 - liar
擘開眼講大話 - blatantly tell a lie; have the audacity to tell a lie with one's eyes wide open
大話骰 - liar's dice

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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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