exaggerate(yán guò qí shí)

exaggerate

In fact, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y á NGU ò Q í sh í, which originally means that the language is boastful and beyond the actual ability. After that, it also means that he talks too much and does not conform to the facts. It comes from the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, biography of Ma Liang.

The origin of Idioms

In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu and Ma Liang's biography, the former leader Linhong said, "Ma Su exaggerates and can't be used to a great extent. You can observe it."

Idiom story

Ma Su was a general in the Three Kingdoms period. He and his brother Ma Liang were both officials under Liu Bei. Ma Su likes to talk about military affairs, and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang thinks highly of him. However, Liu Bei always felt that Ma Su was a good talker, and his words were not practical. Before his death, Liu Bei once said to Zhuge Liang, "Ma Su is a boastful man. It's beyond his actual ability and can't be reused. The prime minister should pay attention In 227 ad, Zhuge Liang wrote a memorial to Liu Chan, namely the famous chushibiao. The next spring, he led the army to attack Wei. Because he forgot Liu Bei's advice, he sent Ma Su to garrison Jieting, which was a strategic place. As a result, Jieting was lost and Wei Dynasty was defeated. Only then did Zhuge Liang realize how wise Liu Bei was and how stupid he was to trust Ma su. I didn't listen to the last words of the former Emperor, which finally led to the failure of the northern expedition. After the event, Zhuge Liang made a statement to Liu Chan, the rear leader, demanding that he be removed from the post of prime minister and be demoted to the third grade, so as to punish him for his gross negligence of improper employment and failure. At this time, he remembered that on his deathbed, Liu Bei told himself that Ma Su's boastful words were beyond his actual ability and should not be reused. Because I didn't do it, I made a big mistake. "Exaggeration" refers to exaggeration beyond his actual ability. (Annals of the Three Kingdoms, annals of Shu, biography of Ma Liang)

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: exaggeration, exaggeration, not worthy of the name and [antonym]: words must be faithful, appropriate and worthy of the name

Idiom usage

I can't help telling you the history of their banner people. You know I'm not exaggerating. The seventh chapter of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : yán guò qí shí