贻笑方家 yí xiào fāng jiā

a novice making a fool of himself

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a novice making a fool of himself
  2. 2. to make oneself ridiculous before experts

Characters

Character Meaning
贻 yí
to present; to bequeath
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
方 fāng HSK 3
method; direction; side
家 jiā HSK 1
home; family; classifier for families or businesses