Definition

1. Noun:

   • A braggart or boaster: A person who habitually boasts or brags in an arrogant, exaggerated, and often empty manner to appear more important or impressive than they are.
   • A blowhard or swaggerer: Someone who talks loudly and boastfully about their abilities, achievements, or possessions.

2. Adjective (attributive):

   • Boastful or bragging: Used to describe speech, behavior, or a person characterized by arrogant and empty boasting.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Anh ta đúng là một tay thánh tướng, lúc nào cũng khoe khoang về thành tích của mình. (He is truly a braggart, always boasting about his achievements.)
  • Đừng nghe lời thánh tướng đó. (Don't listen to that blowhard.)

• Adjective/Descriptive Phrase:

  • Anh ấy có thói quen nói thánh nói tướng. (He has a habit of talking boastfully.)
  • Lời nói thánh tướng của hắn chẳng ai tin. (No one believes his boastful words.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in the fixed, rhyming phrase "nói thánh nói tướng" (to talk like a saint, to talk like a general), which vividly describes the act of arrogant, pompous boasting.

Variants and Related Words

• Khoe khoang (v): to boast, to brag.

  • Hắn thích khoe khoang sự giàu có. (He likes to boast about his wealth.)

• Huênh hoang (adj, v): arrogant, boastful; to brag.

  • Thái độ huênh hoang của anh ta thật khó chịu. (His arrogant attitude is really annoying.)

Synonyms

• Braggart: a person who boasts about achievements or possessions.
• Boaster: someone who brags.
• Blowhard: a person who talks boastfully and loudly.

Related Idioms

• Nói thánh nói tướng: To boast arrogantly and pompously; to talk big.
  • Cả ngày hắn chỉ ngồi đó nói thánh nói tướng. (All day he just sits there talking big.)