xiào​liào

comedic material

笑料 xiào​liào
comedic material noun
material that provokes laughter or is used for jokes

The director added a lot of fresh humor to this comedy.

laughingstock noun
a person or thing that is the object of ridicule or jokes

Due to his many mistakes, he became a laughingstock for everyone.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.88 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.25 per million

Sources

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