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笑柄

laughingstock

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

xiao4bing3 • xiàobǐng

Meaning

Primary

laughingstock

Alternatives

laughing stock, laughing-stock

Mnemonic

A 笑柄 laughingstock is someone or something so absurd that it is a figurative 柄 handle that anyone can grab in order to make fun of and thus make everyone 笑 laugh.

Usage

这 件 事情 让 他 成为 笑柄。

This matter made him a laughingstock.

别 让 别人 把 你 当成 笑柄。

Don’t let others treat you as a laughingstock.

他 是 全城 的 笑柄。

He is the laughingstock of the town.