取笑
qǔ xiào
Pinyin
Definition
取笑
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- to tease
- to make fun of
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
五十步笑百步
- 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
- 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
- 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
- 2 to laugh it off
以貌取人
- 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
似笑非笑
- 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
取长补短
- 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- 2 to use this in place of that
- 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
Sample Sentences
别取笑我了。
Don't make fun of me.
别取笑我了。
Don't make fun of me.
是呀。我想这也是中西方文化的不同。以讽刺挖苦的口吻开玩笑在西方是很正常的。我感觉中国人比较好面子,所以比较忌讳别人拿自己的一些不足开玩笑。其实开玩笑的人并无意取笑这个缺陷,只是想用幽默的方式让话题变得更轻松些。有时候善意的讽刺只是一种幽默。
Yeah. I think that's the difference between Chinese and Western humor. In the West, it's normal to make sarcastic, cutting jokes. I think Chinese people are more concerned with ''face," so they're more sensitive about others making jokes about their short-comings. Actually, the person telling the joke really wasn't intentionally making fun of the short-coming. They're just trying to use humor to lighten the mood. Sometimes, well-intentioned satire is just a kind of humor.
可能吧。我很喜欢轻松诙谐的气氛,所以有时会想一些笑话来逗逗她,可是她常常不懂得欣赏我的幽默,反而和我生气。要知道我本意并不是要取笑她。真是弄巧成拙啊。
Yeah, maybe. I really like a relaxed, easy atmosphere, so sometimes I think of a joke or two to get her to laugh. But she often doesn't understand my humor. In fact, she gets angry at me! She should understand that I wasn't trying to make fun of her. I just really hit a nerve.