招搖過市 zhāo yáo guò shì

to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
招 zhāo HSK 4
to beckon; to recruit; trick
搖 yáo
to shake; to rock; to crank
過 guò
to cross; to go over; to pass (time)
市 shì HSK 3
city; market