夸 张

kuāzhāng

adjectivenounHSK 7-9

“To exaggerate” in Chinese is 夸张 (kuāzhāng).

Meaning

to exaggerate
overstated; exaggerated
hyperbole

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(coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous

Example

避免太夸张。

Try to avoid overdoing it.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kuāHSK 7-96 strokesto boast; to exaggerate zhāngHSK 37 strokesto open up

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