yán guò qí shídictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts
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Original source entry:

言過其實 言过其实 [yan2 guo4 qi2 shi2] /(idiom) to exaggerate; to overstate the facts/

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