貽笑大方

Chinese

		to incur ridicule	expert; master; scholar expert; master; scholar; large formula; potent prescription
trad. (貽笑大方)		貽笑	大方
simp. (贻笑大方)		贻笑	大方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíxiàodàfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴ siu³ daai⁶ fong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíxiàodàfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yísiàodàfang
    • Wade–Giles: i²-hsiao⁴-ta⁴-fang¹
    • Yale: yí-syàu-dà-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yishiawdahfang
    • Palladius: исяодафан (isjaodafan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴ siu³ daai⁶ fong¹
    • Yale: yìh siu daaih fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴ siu³ daai⁶ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴ xiu³ dai⁶ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹ siːu̯³³ taːi̯²² fɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

貽笑大方

1. to be ridiculed by experts or intellectuals