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to blow / blast / puff / boast / brag / end in failure
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吹 [chuī]
〈动〉
【本义】: 合拢嘴唇用力呼气
(This means: To bring lips together and forcefully exhale.)
1. 合拢嘴唇用力出气。
(To close the lips and blow air out with force.)
例如: 吹打。 吹灯(a. To blow out the candle; b. To suggest a person's death; c. To mean failure or collapse)。 吹毛求疵。 吹鼓手(a. The person who plays drums at weddings or funerals; b. Someone who frivolously flatters and promotes others)。 吹灰之力。
2. 说大话。
(To boast.)
例如: 吹牛。 吹嘘。
3. 类似吹的动作。
(A similar action to blowing.)
例如: 吹拂。 风吹草动。
4. (事情)失败。
(To fail in something.)
例如: 吹台。
5. 消息流传,鼓动宣传。
(To spread news, to incite or promote.)
例如: 鼓吹。
【引】
1. 《说文》:吹,嘘也。
(From "Shuowen Jiezi": "To blow, to exhale.")
2. 《庄子·逍遥游》:生物之以息相吹也。
(From "Zhuangzi": "Life is sustained by blowing air.")
【例】
例如: 吹火筒; 吹火 (To blow air to make fire stronger. In ancient times, bamboo tubes were often used for this purpose); 吹网 (To blow air into a net to inflate it); 吹吁 (Blowing and exhaling air).
【引】
1. 陆游《十一月四日风雨大作》:夜阑卧听风吹雨,铁马冰河入梦来。
(From Lu You: "At night, lying awake, I listen to the wind and rain, as iron horses and icy rivers enter my dreams.")
例如: 吹云 (To blow up clouds; another term for drums).
3. 引申为吹奏乐器。
(Extended to mean playing a musical instrument.)
例如: 吹手 (Drummer); 吹打 (Playing and beating instruments, indicating performing music); 吹唇 (To whistle).
4. 关系破裂;失败。
(To have a breakdown in relation; to fail.)
例如: 他们俩吹了; 原来的计划吹了。
(Example: They broke up; the original plan fell through.)
5. 说大话,自夸。
(To boast or exaggerate.)
例如: 吹得天花乱坠; 吹镑懵诈 (To talk wildly and deceive others).
(*引自繁体辞典解释)
(Reference from traditional dictionary explanations.)
参见「鼓吹」 (See "gǔchuī").
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes; cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
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