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显摆

xiǎn bai

2-character word Traditional 顯擺

What 显摆 means

1. colloquialto show off

The characters in 显摆

• 显xiǎnto make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro

Example sentences

• 他显摆自己能说6种语言。
  He boasts that he can speak six languages.
• 我觉得，她想向我们显摆她的新裙子。
  Wǒ juéde, tā xiǎng xiàng wǒmen xiǎnbai tā de xīn qúnzi.
  I think she is showing off her new dress to us.

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn bai, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 显白variant of 显摆