yí​xiào

to invite ridicule

  • created reference approved 贻笑/貽笑 → 贻笑大方/貽笑大方 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    贻笑 / 貽笑 yí​xiào

    贻笑大方 / 貽笑大方 yí​xiào​dà​fāng

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 贻笑/貽笑 · yí​xiào · to invite ridicule — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    贻 (literal) → 贻/貽 · yí · to leave behind 笑 (literal) → 笑 · xiào · to ridicule

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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