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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 贻笑大方
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 贻笑大方 | yí xiào dà fāng | - to make a fool of oneself - to make oneself a laughing stock |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 53,042 | 75,518 | 55,855 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 贻 | yí | - to present - to bequeath |
| 笑 | xiào | - to laugh; to smile - to laugh at |
| 笑 | xiào | - old variant of 笑[xiao4] |
| 大 | dà | - big; large; great - older (than another person) - eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) - greatly; freely; fully - (dialect) father - (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 | dài | - see 大夫[dai4 fu5] |
| 方 | fāng | - surname Fang |
| 方 | fāng | - square - power or involution (math.) - upright - honest - fair and square - direction - side - party (to a contract, dispute etc) - place - method - prescription (medicine) - just when - only or just - classifier for square things - abbr. for square or cubic meter |
Other Words Containing 贻笑大方
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 贻笑大方 | - | - | 53,042 | 75,518 | 55,855 |