Chinese word dictionary

出洋相

chū yáng xiàng · to make a fool of oneself

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Word information

Simplified出洋相

Traditional出洋相

Pinyinchū yáng xiàng

Part of speechv

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.06

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

出chū

to go out, to send out; stand; produce

洋yáng

sea, ocean; western, foreign

相xiāng

mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other

How to learn 出洋相

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出租车chūzūchē

taxi; (Tw) rental car

出chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield; to go beyond; to exceed; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc; variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)

出国chūguó

to go abroad; to leave the country

出来chūlái

to come out; to appear; to arise

出门chūmén

to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married

出去chūqù

to go out