打肿脸充胖子 in English da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiomatic expression); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities

Simplified Characters

打 肿 脸 充 胖 子

Traditional Characters

打 腫 臉 充 胖 子

Pinyin

da3 zhong3 lian3 chong1 pang4 zi5

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 肿zhong3to swell 脸lian3face 充chong1to fill 胖pang4healthy 子zi5son