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招摇
招搖
zhāoyáo
1. to act ostentatiously
2. to brag
3. to show off

Character Breakdown

招
zhāo
to summon; to recruit; to levy
HSK 4 8 丶
摇
yáo
to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (1)

招摇过市
zhāoyáoguòshì
to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

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Chinese