blow one's own horn

blow one's own horn

Boasting is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Z ì Chu ī Z ì L é I, which means boasting. From Mao Dun's "connecting with practice, learning from Lu Xun".

Idiom explanation

Challenge: playing drums. Play your own trumpet and drum. It's a metaphor for boasting.

The origin of Idioms

"In this way, the great cause of rejuvenation, which the ruling clique of the Qing Dynasty boasted of, has become a spring dream in a flash," Mao Dun wrote in his book "connecting with reality and learning from Lu Xun." Mao Zedong's speech at the Senate of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region said, "you must not shut yourself up in a small house, boast and seek hegemony."

Analysis of Idioms

Usage: combination; predicate, attribute, adverbial; derogatory

Example: Xu Chi's peony: "Wei Zi knows that he is ~, but he secretly regrets it."

Synonyms: boasting, boasting, boasting, boasting

Antonym: seeking truth from facts, modesty and prudence

Lantern riddle: Trumpet and drum

Xiehouyu: take the trumpet to knock - boast; the trumpeter to beat the drum - boast; the trumpeter to marry a wife - boast

Blow one's own truck; CrackOne self up

Grammar: combined; predicate, attribute, adverbial; derogatory

Idiom riddle

Xiao a and Xiao B are both members of the school's drum band. One day, they are practicing in the classroom. Teacher Huang, who teaches them Chinese, is attracted by the sound of drums and walks into the classroom. Teacher Huang not only likes music, but also is a riddle friend. Immediately, he uses several musical instruments in front of him to make a riddle. Let Xiao a and B guess: "there is a drum on the table, A drum stick, a harmonica, do an action with three instruments. Little a completes the puzzle, but little B is confused.

The answer: brag