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卖弄

màinong

“To show off” in Chinese is 卖弄 (màinong).

Meaning

  • to show off
  • to make a display of

Example

谁人不知,最爱卖弄的就是他!

Who doesn't know that if there's someone who loves showing off, it's him?

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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