出
洋
相

To make a fool of oneself in Chinese: 出洋相 (chū yáng xiàng)

chū yáng xiàng

to make a fool of oneself

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to make a fool of oneself

Stroke order

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出
洋
相

Zhuyin

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ㄔㄨ

chū

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄧㄤˊ

yáng

ㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄒㄧㄤˋ

xiàng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 出洋相 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他在众人面前出洋相，脸都红了。

    tā zài zhòng rén miàn qián chū yáng xiàng， liǎn dōu hóng le。

    He made a fool of himself in front of everyone and blushed.

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Related words

出

chū

to go out

洋

yáng

ocean

出现

chū xiàn

to appear

相同

xiāng tóng

identical

相信

xiāng xìn

to be convinced (that sth is true)

出差

chū chāi

to go on an official or business trip

出发

chū fā

to set off

出生

chū shēng

to be born

海洋

hǎi yáng

ocean

互相

hù xiāng

each other

相反

xiāng fǎn

opposite

演出

yǎn chū

to act (in a play)

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