nói tướng
Definition
- Verb:
- To boast / to brag: To speak with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
- To rant / to talk big: To speak in a loud, angry, pompous, or extravagant manner, often making grand but unrealistic claims.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ta chỉ biết nói tướng về thành tích của mình. (He only knows how to boast about his achievements.)
- Đừng có nói tướng nữa, hãy chứng minh bằng hành động đi. (Stop talking big; prove it with actions instead.)
- Cậu ấy nói tướng về kế hoạch kinh doanh nhưng chẳng thực hiện gì cả. (He ranted about his business plan but didn't execute anything.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "nói tướng" often carries a strong negative connotation, implying that the speaker is arrogant, untrustworthy, or that their words lack substance and are not backed by action.
Variants and Related Words
Khoác lác (v): to brag, to boast. This is a very close synonym.
- Hắn ta thích khoác lác về chuyến đi nước ngoài. (He likes to brag about his trip abroad.)
Nổ (v): (slang) to talk big, to shoot one's mouth off.
- Thằng đó toàn nổ về chuyện nó giàu. (That guy is always talking big about how rich he is.)
Synonyms
- Boast: to talk with excessive pride.
- Brag: to say something in a boastful manner.
- Rant: to speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.
- Talk big: to make extravagant statements or claims.
Related Idioms
- Nói như rồng leo: To talk as if a dragon is climbing (i.e., to talk in an exaggerated, boastful, and impressive but unrealistic manner). This idiom is very close in meaning to "nói tướng".
- Anh ấy nói như rồng leo về dự án, nhưng thực tế thì chẳng có gì. (He talked a big game about the project, but in reality, there's nothing.)
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Boast, rant, talk big
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