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过奖

to flatter

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

guo4jiang3 • guòjiǎng

Meaning

Primary

to flatter

Alternatives

flatter, flatters, flattering, flattered, to overpraise, overpraise

Mnemonic

过奖 To flatter someone is 过 to pass beyond a normal attitude towards them and instead 奖 award them with sweet words of praise.

Usage

您 过奖 了。

You flatter me.

她 总是 过奖 我。

She always flatters me.