高帽 (gāo mào) — (figurative) flattery, excessive praise (used in 戴高帽 'to flatter'); (literal) tall paper hat (historical punishment)
Definition
高帽 literally means a tall paper hat once used as a public punishment, but in modern Chinese it almost always appears in the set phrase 戴高帽 ('to wear a tall hat'), meaning to flatter or give someone excessive praise.
noun
(figurative) flatteryexcessive praise (used in 戴高帽 'to flatter')(literal) tall paper hat (historical punishment)
Measure word · 顶
Examples
- 高帽，。Tā xǐ huan gěi bié rén dài gāo mào, qí shí dōu shì jiǎ huà.He likes to flatter others, but it's all insincere.
- 高帽，。Bié gěi wǒ dài gāo mào le, wǒ zhī dào zì jǐ méi nà me hǎo.Stop flattering me — I know I'm not that good.
- 高帽，。Tā tīng le nà xiē gāo mào, xīn lǐ hěn gāo xìng.She was very happy after hearing all that flattery.
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