笑柄 (xiào bǐng) — laughingstock, object of ridicule
Definition
A 笑柄 is someone or something that has become an object of ridicule — the Chinese equivalent of 'a laughingstock'. 成/作为 笑柄 is the common pattern: a person or event 'becomes' a laughingstock.
noun
laughingstockobject of ridicule
Examples
- 笑柄。Nǐ zuò de zhè jiàn shì chéng le dà jiā de xiào bǐng.What you did became everyone's laughingstock.
- 笑柄。Tā yīn wèi nà cì shī wù chéng le quán gōng sī de xiào bǐng.Because of that mistake, he became the laughingstock of the whole company.
- 笑柄。Méi yǒu rén yuàn yì chéng wéi bié rén de xiào bǐng.No one wants to be someone else's laughingstock.
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