他给我们显摆过的
“He showed it off to us.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那把刀
“That knife...”
他 给我 们 显摆过 的
“He showed it off to us.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
The term carries mild colloquial disapproval toward boasting, often used to characterize someone's vanity that eventually backfires.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to show off / to boast
A highly authentic colloquial Northern expression for flaunting a possession in front of others.
Functions in the 'shi...de' cleft construction to emphasize the past fact that the showing off indeed occurred.