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)

互相
hù xiāng
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutually
  3. 3 mutual
相
Xiāng
  1. 1 surname Xiang
相互
xiāng hù
  1. 1 each other
  2. 2 mutual
相信
xiāng xìn
  1. 1 to be convinced (that sth is true)
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to accept sth as true
相册
xiàng cè
  1. 1 photo album

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

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.
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