to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock
trad. 貽笑大方
Also written 貽笑大方【yí xiào dà fāng】
Characters in this word
4贻
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to present, to bequeath
- Pinyin
- yí
- Traditional
- 貽
- Strokes
- 9
笑
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old variant of 笑[xiao4]
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Traditional
- 咲
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 534 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
方
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surname Fang
- Pinyin
- Fāng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6309 of 2500