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自吹自擂

zì chuī zì léi

4-character word

What 自吹自擂 means

1. to blow one's own trumpet (idiom)

The characters in 自吹自擂

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 吹chuīto blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast
• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…

Example sentences

• 我受够了你的自吹自擂。
  Wǒ shòugòu le nǐ de zìchuīzìléi.
  I've had enough of your boasts.
• 他赢了冠军就自吹自擂了起来。
  Tā yíng le guànjūn jiù zìchuīzìléi le qǐlai.
  He boasted of having won the first prize.
• 这听起来可能像是我在自吹自擂, 但是...
  Zhè tīngqilai kěnéng xiàng shì wǒ zài zìchuīzìléi, dànshì...
  This may sound like blowing my own horn, but ...