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過獎

to flatter

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

guo4jiang3 • guòjiǎng

Meaning

Primary

to flatter

Alternatives

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

Mnemonic

過獎 To flatter someone is 過 to pass beyond a normal attitude towards them and instead 獎 award them with sweet words of praise.

Usage

您 過獎 了。

You flatter me.

她 總是 過獎 我。

She always flatters me.