出洋相
ceot1 joeng4 soeng3chū yáng xiàng
English
- to make a fool of oneself
- to make an exhibition of oneself; to look so stupid that it is amusing
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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