贻笑大方 (貽笑大方)
yí xiào dà fāng
Pinyin
Definition
贻笑大方 (貽笑大方)
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- to make a fool of oneself
- to make oneself a laughing stock
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
- 1 region
- 2 regional (away from the central administration)
- 3 local
- 1 big
- 2 huge
- 3 large
- 4 major
- 5 great
- 6 wide
- 7 deep
- 8 older (than)
- 9 oldest
- 10 eldest
- 11 greatly
- 12 very much
- 13 (dialect) father
- 14 father's elder or younger brother
- 1 very auspicious
- 2 extremely lucky
- 1 everyone
- 2 influential family
- 3 great expert
Idioms (20)
一醉方休
- 1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
- 2 to get plastered
不以规矩,不能成方圆
- 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不识大体
- 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
- 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
- 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
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