大言不惭 dà yán bù cán

to talk big; to boast shamelessly

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35501st word

Definitions

  1. 1. to talk big
  2. 2. to boast shamelessly

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
言 yán HSK 4
to say; to talk; speech
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
惭 cán HSK 5
ashamed; variant of 慚cán