招摇过市

Traditional form:

招搖過市

Pinyin (reading):

zhāoyáoguòshì

Definitions:

• to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

Characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 摇 - to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade

Traditional characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 搖 - to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 市 - city, town; market, fair; to trade