Lingaku- every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- all one's geese are swans
Generated definitions (experimental)
- every potter praises his own pot (idiom)
- all one's geese are swans
This idiom means that people tend to boast about or promote their own work or possessions, often without regard for the truth or for comparisons with others.
He always boasts about his own work.
This meaning conveys the idea that people perceive or present everything they have as superior, often inflating their worth or quality.
She calls her children geniuses, which is purely self-promotion.
Generated collocations (experimental)
wáng pó mài guā , zì mài zì kuā王婆卖瓜，自卖自夸every potter praises his own potzì自mài卖zì kuā自夸to boast about oneselfzì wǒ自我kuā yào夸耀self-promotionzì wǒ chuī xū自我吹嘘to brag about oneselfzì wǒ自我xuān chuán宣传self-advertisingzì自mài卖zì kuā自夸de的fāng shì方式way of self-praisezì自mài卖zì kuā自夸de的xíng wéi行为act of self-promotionzì wǒ自我zàn měi赞美self-commendationzì wǒ自我tuī xiāo推销self-marketingzì wǒ自我xīn shǎng欣赏self-appreciationtái gāo抬高zì jǐ自己to elevate oneselfguò dù过度zì xìn自信overconfidencewú shì无视tā rén他人to disregard others