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贻笑方家
yí​xiào​fāng​jiā

to make a fool of oneself before experts

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 贻笑 貽笑 yí​xiào
    to invite ridicule
    To be ridiculous or to make a fool of oneself; to leave oneself open to being laughed at by others
  2. 方家 fāng​jiā
    expert
    (literary) an expert or learned person who is well versed in a specific field, art, or skill; short for 大方之家 dà​fāng​zhī​jiā