贻笑大方 yí xiào dà fāng

to make a fool of oneself; to make oneself a laughing stock

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 57346th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to make a fool of oneself
  2. 2. to make oneself a laughing stock

Characters

Character Meaning
to present; to bequeath
smile; laugh; old variant of xiào
big; large; great
method; direction; side