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The character "夸" derives from an early sense of extravagance or excess, with its contemporary structure comprising "大" meaning big and "亏" acting as a phonetic component. Its traditional form, "誇", explicitly adds the "言" radical denoting speech to the basic "夸" framework, thereby specializing the character for verbal expression. Initially associated with physical largeness, the meaning of "夸" gradually extended to encompass the act of boasting or overstating, a semantic shift underscored by the speech-oriented construction of the traditional variant.
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妈妈夸奖了我。
老师夸他作业写得好。
大家都夸赞这个新设计。
她谦虚地说不值得夸。
他总是夸大自己的成就。
别把事情夸大了，要实事求是。
这份报告的内容有点夸张。
过分夸张的广告容易引起消费者的反感。