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"false bravado" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
开弓不放箭 開弓不放箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado
Chinese Pinyin Translation
错误 錯誤 cuò wù mistaken / false / wrong / error / mistake / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
陷害 xiàn hài to entrap / to set up / to frame (up) / to make false charges against syn
鬼话 鬼話 guǐ huà lie / false words / nonsense / CL:篇[pian1] syn
虚伪 虛偽 xū wěi false / hypocritical / artificial / sham syn
化名 huà míng to go by an alias / to assume a false name / alias / pseudonym / assumed name syn
虚假 虛假 xū jiǎ false / phony / sham syn
假象 jiǎ xiàng false appearance / facade
假牙 jiǎ yá false teeth / dentures
诬陷 誣陷 wū xiàn to entrap / to frame / to plant false evidence against sb syn
假名 jiǎ míng false name / pseudonym / alias / pen name / the Japanese kana scripts / hiragana 平假名[ping2 jia3 ming2] and katakana 片假名[pian4 jia3 ming2] syn
真假 zhēn jiǎ genuine or fake / true or false syn
虚惊 虛驚 xū jīng false alarm / panic rumor / CL:場|场[chang2] syn
假证 假證 jiǎ zhèng false testimony
冒名顶替 冒名頂替 mào míng dǐng tì to assume sb's name and take his place (idiom) / to impersonate / to pose under a false name syn
虚名 虛名 xū míng false reputation syn
强词夺理 強詞奪理 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats syn
含冤 hán yuān wronged / to suffer false accusations syn
讹诈 訛詐 é zhà to extort under false pretenses / to blackmail / to bluff / to defraud syn
违心 違心 wéi xīn false / untrue to one's convictions / against one's will / disloyal
妄称 妄稱 wàng chēng to make a false and unwarranted declaration
打假 dǎ jiǎ to fight counterfeiting / to expose as false / to denounce sb's lies
假面具 jiǎ miàn jù mask / fig. false façade / deceptive front syn
谗言 讒言 chán yán slander / slanderous report / calumny / false charge syn
假借 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan syn
失实 失實 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation syn
伪劣 偽劣 wěi liè inferior / false syn
虚实 虛實 xū shí what is true and what is false / (to get to know) the real situation syn
吊顶 弔頂 diào dǐng suspended ceiling / false ceiling / to install a (decorative) suspended ceiling
强辩 強辯 qiǎng biàn to try to make one's case using false arguments syn
虚言 虛言 xū yán empty words / false words
刺槐 cì huái false acacia / Robinia pseudoacacia syn
正误 正誤 zhèng wù true or false? / correct or incorrect / to correct errors (in a document) syn
抢跑 搶跑 qiǎng pǎo to jump the gun / to make a false start
陷 xiàn pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect syn
虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn
虚张声势 虛張聲勢 xū zhāng shēng shì (false) bravado / to bluff
谬 謬 miù (bound form) false / erroneous / absurd / mu (Greek letter Μμ) syn
虚情假意 虛情假意 xū qíng jiǎ yì false friendship / hypocritical show of affection syn
镶牙 鑲牙 xiāng yá to have a false tooth set in / denture
赝 贗 yàn false syn
含血喷人 含血噴人 hán xuè pēn rén to make false accusations against sb (idiom) syn
构陷 構陷 gòu xiàn to frame / to bring false charges against syn
谰 讕 lán to make a false charge
一念之差 yī niàn zhī chā momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action syn
蛊惑人心 蠱惑人心 gǔ huò rén xīn to stir up public sentiment by false statements (idiom) / to resort to demagogy syn
訹 xù to beguile with false stories
树上开花 樹上開花 shù shàng kāi huā to deck the tree with false blossoms / to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)
真伪莫辨 真偽莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn can't judge true or false (idiom) / unable to distinguish the genuine from the fake / not to know whether to believe (what one reads in the news)
伪命题 偽命題 wěi mìng tí false proposition / fundamentally flawed notion / (in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)
谬见 謬見 miù jiàn erroneous views / false idea / false opinion
半真半假 bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ (idiom) half true and half false
假否定句 jiǎ fǒu dìng jù false negative
假肯定句 jiǎ kěn dìng jù false affirmative
伪顶 偽頂 wěi dǐng false roof
虚警 虛警 xū jǐng false alert
假善人 jiǎ shàn rén false compassion / bogus charity
假报告 假報告 jiǎ bào gào false report / forgery / fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)
假招子 jiǎ zhāo zi to put on airs / to adopt a false attitude
假拱 jiǎ gǒng blind arch / false arch
假腿 jiǎ tuǐ false leg
假藉 jiǎ jiè to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as
假证件 假證件 jiǎ zhèng jiàn false documents
僞 wěi variant of 偽|伪, false / fake / forged / bogus
冤假错案 冤假錯案 yuān jiǎ cuò àn unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) syn
反咬一口 fǎn yǎo yī kǒu to make a false countercharge syn
毛洋槐 máo yáng huái rose acacia (Robinia hispida, a false acacia)
浣雪 huàn xuě to cleanse oneself of false accusations
无信义 無信義 wú xìn yì in bad faith / false / perfidious
虚伪类真 虛偽類真 xū wěi lèi zhēn false but apparently real
虚谎 虛謊 xū huǎng false
违心之言 違心之言 wéi xīn zhī yán false assertion / speech against one's own convictions
证伪 證偽 zhèng wěi to disprove / to confirm (sth) to be false
假阳性 false positive
假阴性 false negative
真假证件档桉系统 真假證件檔案系統 False and Authentic Documents
东移假定值 東移假定值 false easting
北移假定值 false northing
非法逮捕 false arrest
反诬 反誣 fǎn wū to make a false countercharge
查水表 chá shuǐ biǎo (Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter / to barge into people's home on false pretences
冥币 冥幣 míng bì false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
冥钞 冥鈔 míng chāo false paper money burned as an offering to the dead
邪知邪见 邪知邪見 xié zhī xié jiàn false wisdom and erroneous views (Buddhism)
假仙 jiǎ xiān (Tw) to pretend / to put on a false front (from Taiwanese 假仙, Tai-lo pr. [ké-sian])
假阴性 假陰性 jiǎ yīn xìng false negative
假阳性 假陽性 jiǎ yáng xìng false positive
伪阴性 偽陰性 wěi yīn xìng false negative
伪阳性 偽陽性 wěi yáng xìng false positive
李鬼 lǐ guǐ false hero (who pretends to be 李逵[Li3 Kui2]) / a fake
桧木 檜木 guì mù false cypress (genus Chamaecyparis)
偷跑 tōu pǎo to sneak off / to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun / to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun / to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
装神弄鬼 裝神弄鬼 zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom) / fig. to create a false sense of mystery / to play tricks to deceive or scare others / to engage in hocus-pocus
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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