verb, Xiang
to put on airs; to give oneself airs (syn.) 张身势, 張勢, 擺譜, 稱大, 张势, 激氣, 激气头, 轉格, 張身勢, 激屎派, 擺架子, 摆架子, 激派, 转格, 称大, 激氣頭, 激气, 擺架仔, 拿大, 摆谱, 摆架仔, 激派头, 激派頭, 激屎, 耍大
一個紳士模樣的人在路上碰了一個農民，那紳士擺格不肯讓路，那農民便憤然説：“土豪劣紳！曉得三民主義嗎？”
一个绅士模样的人在路上碰了一个农民，那绅士摆格不肯让路，那农民便愤然说：“土豪劣绅！晓得三民主义吗？”
yī ge shēn shì mú yàng de rén zài lù shàng pèng le yī ge nóng mín ， nà shēn shì bǎi gé bù kěn ràng lù ， nà nóng mín biàn fèn rán shuō ： “ tǔ háo liè shēn ！ xiǎo de sān mín zhǔ yì ma ？ ” When somebody who looks like one of the gentry encounters a peasant and stands on his dignity, refusing to make way along a pathway, the peasant will say angrily, “Hey, you local tyrant, don't you know the Three People's Principles?”
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
一个绅士模样的人在路上碰了一个农民，那绅士摆格不肯让路，那农民便愤然说：“土豪劣绅！晓得三民主义吗？”
一個紳士模樣的人在路上碰了一個農民，那紳士擺格不肯讓路，那農民便憤然説：“土豪劣紳！曉得三民主義嗎？”
yī ge shēn shì mú yàng de rén zài lù shàng pèng le yī ge nóng mín ， nà shēn shì bǎi gé bù kěn ràng lù ， nà nóng mín biàn fèn rán shuō ： “ tǔ háo liè shēn ！ xiǎo de sān mín zhǔ yì ma ？ ”
When somebody who looks like one of the gentry encounters a peasant and stands on his dignity, refusing to make way along a pathway, the peasant will say angrily, “Hey, you local tyrant, don't you know the Three People's Principles?”