lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom) / to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities
Headword or pronunciation打肿脸充胖子
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to start talking
Headword or pronunciation打开话匣子
(argot) gang leader / (fig.) king / the best / also pr. []
Headword or pronunciation扛把子
to make a scapegoat of sb / to defame / to slander
Headword or pronunciation扣屎盆子
(northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement / fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations / to vilify
Headword or pronunciation扣屎盔子
to tag sb with unfair label / power word
Headword or pronunciation扣帽子
to raise one's voice / to speak at the top of one's voice
Headword or pronunciation扯嗓子
(dialect) to talk nonsense / to chat idly
Headword or pronunciation扯犊子
Headword or pronunciation扳子
to look for blemishes / to find fault / nitpicking
Headword or pronunciation找岔子
(dialect) to do a body search / to frisk
Headword or pronunciation抄靶子
handle
Headword or pronunciation把子
(coll.) to be completely at ease
Headword or pronunciation把心放在肚子里
to pick up a girl / to get a girl
Headword or pronunciation把马子
kids' game involving throwing and grabbing
Headword or pronunciation抓子儿
to catch sb out
Headword or pronunciation抓小辫子
to grab sb by the pigtail / to seize on weak points / to exploit the opponent's shortcomings
Headword or pronunciation抓辫子
opera highlights performed as independent pieces
Headword or pronunciation折子戏
to carry sb in a sedan chair / flatter / sing praises
Headword or pronunciation抬轿子
lit. to rub one's nose with dust / to suffer a snub / to meet with a rebuff
Headword or pronunciation抹一鼻子灰
to slit one's own throat / to commit suicide
Headword or pronunciation抹脖子
(coll.) unexpectedly
Headword or pronunciation抽冷子
small hairbrush
Headword or pronunciation抿子
(of a performer) to put on a show at an outdoor venue (temple fair, marketplace etc) / (fig.) to enhance sb's reputation / to make a name for oneself
Headword or pronunciation拉场子
to abandon one's husband and child(ren)
Headword or pronunciation抛夫弃子
to abandon one's wife and child(ren)
Headword or pronunciation抛妻弃子
(of a parent) to abandon one's family
Headword or pronunciation抛家弃子
(Beijing slang, 1960s–70s) to chat up girls / to flirt with unfamiliar girls
Headword or pronunciation拍婆子
crutch / (derog.) lame person / kidnapper
Headword or pronunciation拐子
to practice cupping (technique used in TCM)
Headword or pronunciation拔罐子
to become sworn brothers
Headword or pronunciation拜把子
swab / cotton pad / smear (for medical test)
Headword or pronunciation拭子
sticks used for squeezing the fingers (old form of torture)
Headword or pronunciation拶子
to throw one's weight around / to put on airs
Headword or pronunciation拿架子
lit. to insult a bald man while pointing at a monk (idiom) / fig. to insult indirectly / to criticize obliquely
Headword or pronunciation指着和尚骂秃子
carrying pole and its load
Headword or pronunciation挑子
to pick one's nose
Headword or pronunciation挖鼻子
to suffer beating / fig. to be severely criticized / to take a hammering
Headword or pronunciation挨板子
to be criticized / to suffer blame
Headword or pronunciation挨头子
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
Headword or pronunciation挟天子以令天下
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