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贻笑大方
yí xiào dà fāng
What 贻笑大方 means
- to make a fool of oneself
- to make oneself a laughing stock
The characters in 贻笑大方
- 贻yíto present; to bequeath
- 笑xiàoto laugh; to smile; to laugh at
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright
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