招摇 (zhāo yáo) — to act ostentatiously; to show off (pejorative)

Definition

Examples

• 她穿得这样招摇，大家都看不惯。
  Tā chuān dé zhè yàng zhāo yáo, dà jiā dōu kàn bú guàn.
  She dresses so flashily that everyone finds it off-putting.
• 他喜欢在公共场合招摇，让人觉得很不舒服。
  Tā xǐ huan zài gōng gòng chǎng hé zhāo yáo, ràng rén jué de hěn bù shū fu.
  He likes to show off in public, which makes people very uncomfortable.
• 那些骗子在街上招摇撞骗，已经被警察抓了。
  Nà xiē piàn zi zài jiē shàng zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn, yǐ jīng bèi jǐng chá zhuā le.
  Those swindlers were parading and cheating on the street, and the police have already caught them.

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