招摇过市 zhāo yáo guò shì

to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 26156th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
招 zhāo HSK 4
to beckon; to recruit; trick
摇 yáo HSK 5
to shake; to rock; to crank
过 guò HSK 2
to cross; to go over; to pass (time)
市 shì HSK 3
city; market