洋相
yáng xiàng
Pinyin

Definition

洋相
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yáng xiàng
  1. social gaffe or blunder
  2. faux pas
  3. see 出洋相[chū yáng xiàng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
Xiāng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
xiāng hù
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutual
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album
xiāng tóng
  1. 1 identical
  2. 2 same
xiāng ài
  1. 1 to love each other
xiàng jī
  1. 1 camera (abbr. for 照相機|照相机[zhào xiàng jī])
  2. 2 at the opportune moment
  3. 3 as the circumstances allow
xiāng dāng
  1. 1 equivalent to
  2. 2 appropriate
  3. 3 considerably
  4. 4 to a certain extent
  5. 5 fairly
  6. 6 quite
xiāng qīn
  1. 1 blind date
  2. 2 arranged interview to evaluate a proposed marriage partner (Taiwan pr. [xiàng qīn])
  3. 3 to be deeply attached to each other
xiāng yù
  1. 1 to meet
  2. 2 to encounter
  3. 3 to come across
xiāng guān
  1. 1 related
  2. 2 relevant
  3. 3 pertinent
  4. 4 to be interrelated
  5. 5 (statistics) correlation
zhēn xiàng
  1. 1 the truth about sth
  2. 2 the actual facts
zhǎng xiàng
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 looks
  3. 3 profile
  4. 4 countenance
liàng xiàng
  1. 1 to strike a pose (Chinese opera)
  2. 2 (fig.) to make a public appearance
  3. 3 to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
  4. 4 (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc
guā mù xiāng kàn
  1. 1 to have a whole new level of respect for sb or sth
  2. 2 to sit up and take notice (of sb's improved performance etc)
Nán yáng
  1. 1 Southeast Asia
  2. 2 South seas
xǐ qì yáng yáng
  1. 1 full of joy (idiom); jubilation
xǐ yáng yáng
  1. 1 radiant with joy
dà yáng
  1. 1 ocean
  2. 2 (old) silver dollar

Idioms (20)

一脉相承
yī mài xiāng chéng
  1. 1 traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)
不打不成相识
bù dǎ bù chéng xiāng shí
  1. 1 don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
不打不相识
bù dǎ bù xiāng shí
  1. 1 lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom); an exchange of blows may lead to friendship
  2. 2 no discord, no concord
世代相传
shì dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
二虎相斗,必有一伤
èr hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
互相推诿
hù xiāng tuī wěi
  1. 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
  2. 2 passing the buck to and fro
  3. 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相,海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
人生何处不相逢
rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng
  1. 1 it's a small world (idiom)
仇人相见,分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
代代相传
dài dài xiāng chuán
  1. 1 passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
休戚相关
xiū qī xiāng guān
  1. 1 to share the same interests (idiom)
  2. 2 to be closely related
  3. 3 to be in the same boat
凶相毕露
xiōng xiàng bì lù
  1. 1 show one's ferocious appearance (idiom); the atrocious features revealed
  2. 2 with fangs bared
两国相争,不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
两虎相争
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
  1. 1 two tigers fighting (idiom); fierce contest between evenly matched adversaries
两虎相争,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 if two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if you start a war, someone is bound to get hurt
两虎相斗
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu
  1. 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
  2. 2 a battle of the giants
两虎相斗,必有一伤
liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu , bì yǒu yī shāng
  1. 1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
  2. 2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.

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.