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虚张声势
虛張聲勢
xūzhāngshēngshì
1. (false) bravado
2. to bluff
Common • Top 23%

Character Breakdown

虚
xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
HSK 5 11 丶
张
zhāng
to display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a sheet of paper
HSK 3 7 丶
声
shēng
sound, noise; voice, tone, music
HSK 3 7 丶
势
shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
HSK 5 8 丶

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
19,510 of 84,292