夸张 kuāzhāng to exaggerate
to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (colloquial) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous
怎么记住“夸张”: 夸 extravagant + 张 stretch = to exaggerate.
汉字
用法
- To exaggerate / overstate; also 'over-the-top': 别夸张了 (bié kuāzhāng le) don't exaggerate; 太夸张了 (tài kuāzhāng le) that's ridiculous/way too much.
- As a rhetorical device it's 'hyperbole'; colloquially it labels anything excessive or unbelievable (prices, reactions, styling).
- Neutral-to-negative depending on context; very common in casual speech.
例句
- 避免太夸张。 Bìmiǎn tài kuāzhāng.Try to avoid overdoing it.
- 不要再夸张了。 Búyào zài kuāzhāng le.Don't exaggerate.