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  1. to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through

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吹牛chuī niú

to talk big; to brag; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idly

吹箫chuī xiāo

to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1], a vertical bamboo flute; (literary) to beg on the streets (abbr. for 吳市簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]); (slang) to give a blowjob

吹口哨chuī kǒu shào

to whistle

吹嘘chuī xū

to brag

吹喇叭chuī lǎ ba

(lit.) blowing the trumpet; (fig.) to praise sb; (slang) to give a blowjob

吹气chuī qì

to blow air (into)

吹奏chuī zòu

to play (wind instruments)

吹风chuī fēng

to let the wind blow on oneself; to be exposed to the wind; to air out (a room); to blow air (e.g. to dry one's hair); (fig.) to brief sb informally; to leak or hint at information ahead of formal release

吹毛求疵chuī máo qiú cī

lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious; nitpick

吹拂chuī fú

to brush; to caress (of breeze); to praise

吹捧chuī pěng

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

吹风机chuī fēng jī

hair dryer

吹灭chuī miè

to blow out (a flame)

吹了chuī le

failed; busted; to have not succeeded; to have died; to have parted company; to have chilled (of a relationship)

吹台chuī tái

(coll.) to fall through; to result in failure; (of a relationship) to break up

吹号chuī hào

to blow a brass instrument

吹哨chuī shào

to blow a whistle; to whistle

吹孔chuī kǒng

(of a musical instrument) blow hole

吹干chuī gān

to blow-dry

吹拍chuī pāi

to resort to bragging and flattering; abbr. for 牛拍馬|吹牛拍马[chui1 niu2 pai1 ma3]

吹擂chuī léi

to talk big; to boast

吹散chuī sàn

to disperse

吹水chuī shuǐ

(coll.) to chat casually; to shoot the breeze (originally Cantonese)

吹灰chuī huī

to blow away dust

吹熄chuī xī

to blow out (a flame)

吹管chuī guǎn

blowpipe

吹胀chuī zhàng

to blow up; to inflate

吹袭chuī xí

(of wind) to blow fiercely; (of a storm) to strike

吹逼chuī bī

(vulgar) to brag; to bullshit

吹冷风chuī lěng fēng

to blow cold; damping expectations by discouraging or realistic words

吹叶机chuī yè jī

leaf blower

吹哨人chuī shào rén

whistleblower

吹牛皮chuī niú pí

to boast; to talk big

吹球机chuī qiú jī

lottery machine

吹竽手chuī yú shǒu

player of the yu 竽[yu2] (free reed wind instrument)

吹管乐chuī guǎn yuè

woodwind music

吹鼓手chuī gǔ shǒu

(old) musicians at a wedding cortege or funeral procession; (fig.) trumpeter of sb's praises; booster

吹吹拍拍chuī chuī pāi pāi

to boast and flatter

吹枕边风chuī zhěn biān fēng

to sway (sb) through pillow talk

吹灯拔蜡chuī dēng bá là

lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with

吹灰之力chuī huī zhī lì

(idiom) a slight effort

吹牛拍马chuī niú pāi mǎ

to resort to bragging and flattering

吹箫乞食chuī xiāo qǐ shí

see 吳市簫|吴市吹箫[wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1]

吹糠见米chuī kāng jiàn mǐ

instant results; lit. blow the husk and see the rice

吹胡子瞪眼chuī hú zi dèng yǎn

to get angry; to fume