Definition

1. Verb:
   • To exaggerate: To represent something as being larger, greater, better, or worse than it actually is. This is the core meaning of "nói rước," describing the act of overstating facts or descriptions.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đừng có nói rước, câu chuyện không kinh khủng đến thế đâu. (Don't exaggerate; the story isn't that terrible.)
  • Cô ấy thường nói rước về những khó khăn của mình. (She often exaggerates her difficulties.)
  • Anh ta nói rước thành tích để gây ấn tượng. (He exaggerated his achievements to impress.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase "nói rước" is often used in informal, conversational contexts to call out someone for overstatement or embellishment. It carries a slightly critical or dismissive tone.

Variants and Related Words

• Nói quá (v): to overstate, to speak excessively. This is a more common and general synonym for exaggerating.

  • Tôi nghĩ anh đang nói quá sự thật. (I think you are overstating the truth.)

• Thổi phồng (v): to inflate, to blow out of proportion. This emphasizes making something seem much more significant.

  • Báo chí thổi phồng sự việc. (The press blew the incident out of proportion.)

Synonyms

• Exaggerate: To overstate the truth.
• Overstate: To describe or explain something in a way that makes it seem more important or serious.
• Embellish: To make a story more interesting by adding details that are not true.

Related Idioms

• Nói rước nói đẩy: This extended phrase emphasizes persistent or back-and-forth exaggeration, often in an argument or tall tale.
  • Hai đứa trẻ nói rước nói đẩy về con cá chúng bắt được. (The two children kept exaggerating back and forth about the fish they caught.)

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