张扬 (zhāng yáng) — to flaunt, to show off; to publicize, to spread (news, information)
Definition
Covers two senses: 'to flaunt/show off' (often negatively, like 炫耀/夸耀) and 'to publicize/spread' (news, ideas — more deliberate promotion than the neutral 散布, less official than 公示).
verb
to flauntto show offto publicizeto spread (news, information)
Examples
- 张扬。Tā cóng lái bù zhāng yáng zì jǐ de chéng jiù.He never flaunts his own achievements.
- 张扬。Zhè jiàn shì bú yào zhāng yáng chū qù.Don't spread this matter around.
- 张扬。Méi tǐ guò dù zhāng yáng le nà ge xīn wén.The media excessively publicized that news.
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