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贻笑大方
yí​xiào​dà​fāng

to make a fool of oneself before experts

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 贻 貽 yí
    to leave behind
    (bound form) to leave behind; to hand down; to bequeath; to result in something (usually negative)
  2. 笑 xiào verb
    to ridicule
    to laugh at someone; to mock or make fun of
  3. 大方 dà​fāng
    expert
    (literary) an expert or scholar of great learning; a master of a craft or field