吹牛拍馬

吹

chui̅

牛

niú

拍

pa̅i

马

馬

mǎ

to resort to bragging and flattering

Characters and words in 吹牛拍馬

吹

chui̅ = chu + ei1

to blow / to play a wind instrument / to blast / to puff / to boast / to brag / to end in failure / to fall through

吹 = 口 + 欠 : Chantal Chicken (chu) is totally crazy about creating wind instruments from vegetables lately. In front of the Eiffel Tower (ei1) she stole a mandarin (口) from a local merchant and left an IOU note (欠) instead. She carved the mandarin out and created a little ocarina out of it, which she plays by blowing (吹) into it every since.

吹

chui̅

牛

niú

to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect)

牛

niú = ni + ou2

ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome

牛 = 𠂉 + 十 : A bull has been locked to a big cross in the outhouse's kitchen, and Nefertiti has the key. She promises to free the bull if he pledges allegiance to her leadership.

拍

pa̅i = p + ai1

to pat / to clap / to slap / to swat / to take (a photo) / to shoot (a film) / racket (sports) / beat (music)

拍 = 扌 + 白 : Pinocchio (p) is spinning a white flag (白) in front of the airplane (ai1). He is throwing and catching the flag with a toy claw (扌). Many people stop to watch and applaud (拍) him.

拍

pa̅i

马

馬

mǎ

to urge on a horse by patting its bottom / fig. to encourage / same as 拍馬屁|拍马屁, to flatter or toady

马

馬

mǎ = m + a3

surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

马

馬