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貽笑大方

简 贻笑大方 · 繁 貽笑大方
Mandarin · pinyin yí xiào dà fāng

Meanings

  1. to make a fool of oneself
  2. to make oneself a laughing stock
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Characters in this entry

貽
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笑
xiào · smile, laugh, giggle; snicker
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
方
fāng · a square, rectangle; a region; local
贻
yí · give to, hand down, bequeath
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2–4–4–1 · yi2 xiao4 da4 fang1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji4 siu3 daai6 fong1

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ji4 siu3 daai6 fong1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be ridiculed by experts or intellectuals

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