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bravado; make a false show of strength; be swashbuckling; play on a bluff; whistle in the dark

xū zhāng shēng shì

虚 张 声 势

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derogbravado; make a false show of strength; be swashbuckling; play on a bluff; whistle in the dark
- xū zhāng shēng shì de jiāo tán
  虚张声势的交谈
  bluff talk
- nà bù guò shì xū zhāng shēng shì
  那不过是虚张声势。
  It's merely a bluff.
- xū zhāng shēng shì de dù guò nán guān
  虚张声势地度过难关
  bluff it out
- guò qù sān gè yuè de xū zhāng shēng shì yǒu kě néng yǎn biàn chéng zhēn zhèng de zhàn zhēng
  过去三个月的虚张声势有可能演变成真正的战争。
  There is a chance that the phoney war of the past three months will turn into real fighting.
synonym
zhuāng qiāng zuò shì装腔作势 zuò zhāng zuò shì做张做势

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