diào​wén

to show off one's learning

  • created reference approved 掉文 → 掉书袋/掉書袋 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掉文 diào​wén

    掉书袋 / 掉書袋 diào​shū​dài

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 掉文 · diào​wén · to show off one's learning — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掉文

    diào​wén

    to show off one's learning

    To show off one's literacy by using archaic or flowery language; to flaunt literary phrases or allusions

    掉, 文

    掉 (literal) → 掉 · diào · to show off 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · article

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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