大吹法螺

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Chinese

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big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
 
to blow; blast; puff
to blow; blast; puff; boast; brag; end in failure
 
conch shell used as a Buddhist trumpet
simp. and trad.
(大吹法螺)
法螺
anagram 吹大法螺
Literally: “to play the Buddhist conch shell trumpet”.

Etymology

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From earlier 吹大法螺 (chuīdàfǎluó). This term appeared in various Buddhist texts. The following is one of the examples from the Lotus Sutra:

世尊大法大法吹大法螺大法大法 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
世尊大法大法吹大法螺大法大法 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Lotus Sutra, translated by Kumārajīva (English translation extracted from [1])
Jīn fó shìzūn yù shuō dàfǎ, yǔ dàfǎ yǔ, chuī dàfǎ luó, jī dàfǎ gǔ, yǎn dàfǎ yì. [Pinyin]
I am very sure that the Buddha, the Bhagavat, will now teach the great Dharma, rain down the great Dharma, blow the conch of the great Dharma, beat the drum of the great Dharma, and reveal the meaning of the great Dharma.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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大吹法螺

  1. (Buddhism, originally) to preach
  2. to brag; to boast; to bluff

Synonyms

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Descendants

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