"bluff" in Chinese (Simplified)

虚张声势虚张声势地骗人断崖

Definition

作动词时，bluff 指假装自己比实际更有把握、更强或更确定，以此欺骗别人。作名词时，它可以指这种虚张声势的行为，也可以指高而陡的断崖。

这个词在扑克以及商业、社交场景中很常见。'call someone's bluff' 表示不被对方吓住，要求对方拿出真本事，看他是不是只是在虚张声势。名词和动词都常用；“断崖”这个意思真实存在，但日常口语中较少见。

He tried to bluff the teacher, but she knew he had not done the homework.

他想对老师**虚张声势**，但老师知道他没做作业。

I thought his threat was a bluff.

我觉得他的威胁只是**虚张声势**。

We stood on the bluff and looked at the sea.

我们站在**断崖**上看海。

She was clearly bluffing, so I called her bluff.

她显然在**虚张声势**，所以我直接拆穿了她的**虚张声势**。

He's acting tough, but I think he's just bluffing.

他表现得很强硬，但我觉得他只是在**虚张声势**。

Don't let the confident tone bluff you into saying yes.

别让那种自信的语气**虚张声势地骗人**，逼得你答应。