Not only did the gold show off a family's wealth and status, it was portable and easily sold in a crisis.

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Well it was partly because he got so rich and he started wanting to show off.

部分原因是因为他太富有了,于是他想要四处炫耀

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It's also another way that people show off their work.

这也是人们炫耀作品的另一种途径。

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