粵

大daai6砲paau3

simp大炮
daai6 paau3dà pào

English

  1. big gun
  2. cannon
  3. artillery
  4. one who talks big
  5. large cannon
  6. prone to bragging and exaggerating one's own merits; literally: big cannon
  7. untrue brags; embellished boastings

量詞 — Classifiers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大口徑嘅炮(量詞:支/碌)
  2. 形容一個人鍾意作大
  3. 作大嘅説話

Examples

  • 車大炮

    to brag; to boast; to lie in an exaggerated way about one's ability or achievement

  • 你咁鬼大炮,邊個信你吖!

    You're so prone to bragging. No one is going to believe you!

  • 阿松話佢自己識到個超級模特兒女友喎,一聽就知係大炮啦。

    A-chung claimed he has a girlfriend who's a supermodel. I know it's a lie.

  • 直徑相對大嘅相機鏡頭,引申代指裝咗依類鏡頭嘅相機(量詞:支/碌)

    a relatively wide-angle lens; by extension, can refer to any camera with such a lens installed ----

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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