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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-07-30 06:17:00 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 39858 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> I feel that "vaunted" is off the mark --- "vaunted" = "highly or widely praised or boasted about" [Webster] I also feel that there is a colloquial usage of 誇張, which is not conveyed by the current definition. This is the sense that something is "a bit extreme", which is not the same as saying that it is exaggerated, as I think the following examples show. (coll.) excessive/extreme/ridiculous ~ Ch'pod ~ A: 其中黄瓜和西红柿的涨幅最高。黄瓜从每公斤三块五涨到五块六，西红柿从每公斤四块二涨到七块五。 Among these, cucumbers and tomatoes experienced the largest percentage of increase. Cucumbers went from 3.5 kuai per kilo to 5.6. Tomatoes rose from 4.2 to 6.5. B: 涨这么多，太夸张了吧。 That's a lot. It's ridiculous. [Not "It's exaggerated!" or "It's overstated!" or "It's vaunted!" Rather, "It's ridiculous!" or "It's excessive." ] "too much" A: 哎，快看前面那个大红人！Hey, check out 'Ms. Red' over there! B: 哇，红色的皮衣。 A: 还有红色的裤子。 B: 天啊！鞋子也是红的。 A: 晕死，从上到下全是红的。 B: 难道今年是她的本命年？ A: 也许吧。可是这太夸张了。我本命年的时候什么都没买。 Perhaps. But this is just too much. When it was my zodiac birth year, I didn't buy anything. "bad" (i.e. extreme) A 可是喝了这杯喜酒，我这个月就只能喝西北风了。 Because after going to this wedding, I'll be broke for the rest of the month. B 有这么夸张吗？不就是送个红包吗？ Is it really that bad? All you have to do is give a red envelope with cash inside, right? "ridiculous" 是呀。以前流行过西方的情人节，现在七夕又被称作东方的情人节。更夸张的是今年因为有闰七月，所以出现了两个七夕，还号称是三十八年 才能遇到一次的双情人节。因此商家的各种活动也层出不穷。 Yeah! In the past, many people celebrated the Western Valentine's Day. Now, Qixi is also being called ``The Valentine's Day of the East." Even more ridiculous, because there's an leap month this year, there are two Qixis. It's supposed to be the kind of double Valentine's Day that comes just once every thirty-eight years! So sales come out one after the other. "out of control" (i.e. excessive) 双情人节？那加上西方的情人节，一年不是要过三个情人节啊？太夸张了。今年的情人节多的都快成为人们心理上和物质上的双重负担了。 A double Valentine's Day? When you add in the Western Valentine's Day, doesn't that mean we're going to have three Valentine's Days this year? It's out of control! This year, Valentine's Days are close to becoming a double mental and physical burden for people. |
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- 誇張 夸张 [kua1 zhang1] /to exaggerate/vaunted/overstated/exaggerated/ + 誇張 夸张 [kua1 zhang1] /to exaggerate/overstated/exaggerated/hyperbole/(coll.) excessive/extreme/ridiculous/ |