粵

出ceot1洋joeng4相soeng3

ceot1 joeng4 soeng3chū yáng xiàng

English

  1. to make a fool of oneself
  2. to make an exhibition of oneself; to look so stupid that it is amusing

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 露出令人發笑嘅醜態

Examples

  • 佢諗住串人,點知原來自己係錯嘅,真係出晒洋相喇。

    He intended to mock someone else, but it turned out that he was wrong; he totally made an exhibition of himself.

  • 你要是再给我们公司出洋相,我可就不客气了。

    If you make fun of our company again, we certainly won’t be polite to you.

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Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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