虚张声势
xūzhāng-shēngshìTraditional 虛張聲勢
to bluff; to make an empty show of strength
Every meaning
xūzhāng-shēngshì
- to bluff; to make an empty show of strength
Its characters
- 虚xūempty; void
- 张zhāngclassifier for flat objects (paper, tables, beds, faces)
- 声shēngsound; voice
- 势shìpower; influence (as in 势力)
Words with 虚
Words with 张
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.