slap one's face until it's swollen in an effort to look imposing; do sth. beyond one's means in order to be impressive; puff oneself up at [to] one's own cost; try to satisfy one's vanity when one cannot really afford to do so: “他真会打肿了脸充胖子!” “he's just making himself look fat by slapping his own face!”
Example Sentences:
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There is no point in keeping up appearances when everyone knows we are nearly bankrupt . 人家都知道我们快破产了，何必还打肿脸充胖子。
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He is not rich . he is just keeping up a front 他并不富有，他只是打肿脸充胖子。
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If you get beyond your depth , you ' ll suffer 打肿脸充胖子，吃亏是自己。
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Oh , yeah ? well , l say he ' s bluffing 真的?我说,他是打肿脸充胖子
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There ' s no point in keeping up appearances when everyone knows we ' re nearly bankrupt 人家都知道我们快破产了,何必还打肿脸充胖子
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In the last , the article analyzes the actuality of chinese km exampling with chinese leading pc provider - shida computer co . , td ; anatomying the exiting problem of china ' s implementing kmkm amount information resource management ; only value explicit knowledge management , neglect implicit knowledge management ; only value " hard ware " construction , neglect " soft ware " construction , etc . besides , the article lodges the countermeasure of china ' s implementing km that chinese corporation must prepare many things , such as conception , organization construction , corporation culture , encourage mechanism , etc 最后，文章以国内领先的pc产商? ?实达电脑公司的知识管理为案例，分析了中国企业实施知识管理的现状，剖析了中国企业实施知识管理过程中存在的问题：将知识管理等同于信息资源管理；只注重显性知识的管理，忽视隐性知识的管理；只注重“硬件”建设，轻视“软件”建设；我不需要知识管理， “与我无关”综合症；好大喜功，打肿脸充胖子。
