舢舨充炮艇
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English
- (a sampan pretending to be a warship); to bluff; to pose as a big shot; pirated products
- to bluff, to bluster; to lie, to act as if one is powerful, to be boastful; to pretend to know something, claim to be "in the know"; literally: a sampan pretending to be a warship
粵語 — Cantonese
- 吹噓;虛張聲勢;假扮對一件事有認識
Examples
個上司舢舨充炮艇,扮有料去做指揮。
The team leader just bluffs his qualification and leads the team.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk