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侃大山

kǎn dà shān

3-character word

What 侃大山 means

1. to chatter idly
2. to gossip
3. to boast or brag

The characters in 侃大山

• 侃kǎnupright and honest; cheerful; to chat idly
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Example sentences

• 消磨时间的最有效办法当然还是聊天吹牛侃大山。
  The most effective way to kill time, of course, is chatting, bragging, and having wild conversations.

Sounds the same

Read kǎn dà shān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 砍大山variant of 侃大山