phách lác

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phách lác

Anh ta thích phách lác về chuyến đi của mình.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Boastful, bragging: Describes a person who speaks with excessive pride and self-praise, often exaggerating their abilities, achievements, or possessions. This is the primary and most common meaning.
    • Arrogant: Can imply a related sense of overbearing pride or cockiness stemming from this boastful behavior.

  2. Noun:

    • Boastfulness, bragging: Refers to the act or habit of making boastful statements.
    • A braggart: Refers to a person characterized by being boastful.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Anh ta là một người rất phách lác. (He is a very boastful person.)
    • Đừng nghe những lời phách lác của hắn. (Don't listen to his bragging words.)
  • Noun:
    • Tính phách lác của nó khiến mọi người khó chịu. (His boastfulness irritates everyone.)
    • Hắn đúng là một tên phách lác. (He is truly a braggart.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term "phách lác" is noted as having a dialectal or regional usage origin and is considered synonymous with the more standard word "khoác lác".
  • It often carries a negative connotation, criticizing empty or exaggerated talk rather than genuine confidence.
Variants and Related Words
  • Khoác lác (adj, v, n): To brag, boastful, bragging. The standard synonym for "phách lác".
    • Hắn chỉ biết khoác lác. (He only knows how to brag.)
  • Nói phách (v): To talk boastfully, to brag.
    • Nó thích nói phách về thành tích của mình. (He likes to brag about his achievements.)
Synonyms
  • Boastful: Showing excessive pride and self-satisfaction in one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.
  • Braggart: A person who boasts about achievements or possessions.
  • Vain: Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth.
  • Arrogant: Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities.
Related Idioms
  • Nổ như pháo: To "bang like a firecracker"; to boast or exaggerate wildly and noisily.
    • Cứ ngồi với nó là nghe nó nổ như pháo. (Whenever you sit with him, you hear him boasting wildly.)
  • Khoác lác như Cuội: To "brag like Cuội" (a folkloric figure known for lying); to tell outrageous tall tales.
    • Câu chuyện của anh ấy nghe khoác lác như Cuội vậy. (His story sounds like an outrageous tall tale.)
phách lác

Anh ta thích phách lác về chuyến đi của mình.

  1. (địa phương)
    • như khoác lác