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夸张

kuā zhāng

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 誇張

夸张 (kuā zhāng) means "to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 夸张 means

1. to exaggerate
2. overstated; exaggerated
3. hyperbole
4. colloquialexcessive; ridiculous; outrageous

The characters in 夸张

• 夸kuāused in transliteration
• 张zhāngto open up; to spread; sheet of paper

Example sentences

• 避免太夸张。
  Try to avoid overdoing it.
• 不要再夸张了。
  Bù yào zài kuāzhāng le.
  Don't exaggerate.
• 现在你别夸张了。
  Xiànzài nǐ bié kuāzhāng le.
  Don't exaggerate now.
• 尤巴有点夸张了。
  Yuba is exaggerating.
• 在我看来，她有一种夸张的倾向。
  Zàiwǒkànlái, tā yǒu yīzhǒng kuāzhāng de qīngxiàng.
  It seems to me that she has a tendency to exaggerate.
• 我也觉得说成“人间地狱”是夸张了点。
  Wǒ yě juéde shuō chéng “ rénjiāndìyù ” shì kuāzhāng le diǎn.
  I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.

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