看笑话
kàn xiào hua
Pinyin

Definition

看笑话
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kàn xiào hua
  1. to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

笑
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
好看
hǎo kàn
  1. 1 good-looking
  2. 2 nice-looking
  3. 3 good (of a movie, book, TV show etc)
  4. 4 embarrassed
  5. 5 humiliated
看
kān
  1. 1 to look after
  2. 2 to take care of
  3. 3 to watch
  4. 4 to guard
看看
kàn kan
  1. 1 to take a look at
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to survey
  4. 4 (coll.) pretty soon
偷笑
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
嘲笑
cháo xiào
  1. 1 to jeer at
  2. 2 to deride
  3. 3 to ridicule
  4. 4 mockery
  5. 5 derision
好笑
hǎo xiào
  1. 1 laughable
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 ridiculous
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
搞笑
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
查看
chá kàn
  1. 1 to look over
  2. 2 to examine
  3. 3 to check up
  4. 4 to ferret out
爆笑
bào xiào
  1. 1 to burst out laughing
  2. 2 hilarious
  3. 3 burst of laughter
玩笑
wán xiào
  1. 1 to joke
  2. 2 joke
  3. 3 jest
看似
kàn sì
  1. 1 to look as if
  2. 2 to seem
看来
kàn lai
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 it seems that
看出
kàn chū
  1. 1 to make out
  2. 2 to see
看好
kān hǎo
  1. 1 to keep an eye on
看待
kàn dài
  1. 1 to look upon
  2. 2 to regard
看懂
kàn dǒng
  1. 1 to understand what one is reading or watching
看书
kàn shū
  1. 1 to read
  2. 2 to study
看法
kàn fǎ
  1. 1 way of looking at a thing
  2. 2 view
  3. 3 opinion
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

一眼看穿
yī yǎn kàn chuān
  1. 1 to see through something at first glance (idiom)
不看僧面看佛面
bù kàn sēng miàn kàn fó miàn
  1. 1 lit. not for the monk's sake but for the Buddha's sake (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (to do sth for sb) out of deference to sb else
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
吃着碗里，看着锅里
chī zhe wǎn lǐ , kàn zhe guō lǐ
  1. 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
  2. 2 not content with what one already has
  3. 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
嬉笑怒骂
xī xiào nù mà
  1. 1 lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. all kinds of emotions
  3. 3 to mock and scold
  4. 4 (of writing) freely roving
  5. 5 following the author's fancy
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
打狗还得看主人
dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén
  1. 1 lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him
皮笑肉不笑
pí xiào ròu bù xiào
  1. 1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)
  2. 2 to smile insincerely
眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào
  1. 1 brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
  2. 2 all smiles
看人下菜碟儿
kàn rén xià cài dié r5
  1. 1 (dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom)
  2. 2 not to treat everyone equally favorably
看人行事
kàn rén xíng shì
  1. 1 to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
看破红尘
kān pò hóng chén
  1. 1 to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk)
  2. 2 disillusioned with human society
  3. 3 to reject the world for a monastic life
看菜吃饭
kān cài chī fàn
  1. 1 to eat depending on the dish (idiom); fig. to act according to actual circumstances
  2. 2 to live within one's means
看菜吃饭，量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means

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