卖弄学问的人 — meaning in English

English meaning

• pedant noun A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
• pedantic adj Overly focused on formal rules, minor details, or technical correctness, often to an annoying degree.

Senses

卖弄学问的人 is used for these senses in English:

• inkhorn (used attributively, pejorative, of vocabulary) Something or someone pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
• pedant A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
• pedantic Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.

pedant — full definition

1. noun A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar.
2. noun A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning.
3. noun A teacher or schoolmaster.