出洋
chū yáng
Pinyin

Definition

出洋
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chū yáng
  1. to go abroad (old)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to issue
jié chū
  1. 1 outstanding
  2. 2 distinguished
  3. 3 remarkable
  4. 4 prominent
  5. 5 illustrious
chū shì
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to come into being
  3. 3 to withdraw from worldly affairs
chū hū
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 to stem from
  3. 3 to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. 4 to go against (expectations)
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
chū shì
  1. 1 to have an accident
  2. 2 to meet with a mishap
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
chū rù
  1. 1 to go out and come in
  2. 2 entrance and exit
  3. 3 expenditure and income
  4. 4 discrepancy
  5. 5 inconsistent
chū dòng
  1. 1 to start out on a trip
  2. 2 to dispatch troops
chū kǒu
  1. 1 an exit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 to speak
  4. 4 to export
  5. 5 (of a ship) to leave port
chū míng
  1. 1 well-known for sth
  2. 2 to become well known
  3. 3 to make one's mark

Idioms (20)

一言既出,驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意,攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
出尔反尔
chū ěr fǎn ěr
  1. 1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
  2. 2 to blow hot and cold
  3. 3 to contradict oneself
  4. 4 inconsistent
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
  1. 1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)

Sample Sentences

不过,我有点怕怕的。吃西餐是不是有很多讲究啊?我怕到时候会出洋相,丢脸丢到你们美国来了。
bùguò ,wǒ yǒudiǎnr pà pà de 。chī xīcān shìbushì yǒu hěn duō jiǎngjiu a ?wǒ pà dào shíhou huì chūyángxiàng ,diū liǎn diū dào nǐmen Měiguó lái le 。
But I’m a bit worried. Aren’t there a lot of things to think about when you eat Western food? I’m nervous that when the time comes I’ll make a spectacle of myself and lose tons of face.
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哎呀,你们想啊,要真推广的话,这群体也选得不对啊。要找也是找外国人推广啊,怎么反倒在我们自己人里面推广啊?这不是牛头不对马嘴嘛!不过你们呢就是喜欢看外国人出洋相。他们出洋相了,你们就高兴了。你们高兴了,节目的收视率不就上去了?
āiyā ,nǐmen xiǎng a ,yào zhēn tuīguǎng dehuà ,zhè qúntǐ yě xuǎn de bù duì a 。yào zhǎo yě shì zhǎo wàiguórén tuīguǎng a ,zěnme fǎndào zài wǒmen zìjǐrén lǐmiàn tuīguǎng a ?zhè bùshì niútóu bùduì mǎzuǐ ma !bùguò nǐmen ne jiùshì xǐhuan kàn wàiguórén chū yángxiàng 。tāmen chū yángxiàng le ,nǐmen jiù gāoxìng le 。nǐmen gāoxìng le ,jiémù de shōushì lǜ bù jiù shàngqu le ?
Agh, think about it. If they really wanted to popularize the language, they chose the wrong audience. They ought to promote it to foreigners; why would they promote it to us instead? It'd be completely irrelevant! As for you, you just like to watch foreigners make a spectacle of themselves. If they make a spectacle of themselves, you're happy. If you're happy, the ratings go up.