出洋相 meaning in English

chū yángxiàng

to make a fool of oneself

HSK 7-923 strokes

Meaning of 出洋相

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

chūyángxiàng
  1. to make a fool of oneself

出洋相 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ要yào是shì再zài给gěi我wǒ们men公gōng司sī出chū洋yáng相xiàng,我wǒ可kě就jiù不bú客kè气qì了le。
If you make fun of our company again, we certainly won’t be polite to you.

Stroke order for each character

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出 chū · to go out · 5 strokes

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洋 yáng · ocean · 9 strokes

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相 xiāng · mutual · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 出洋相.

出来chūláito come out; to appear
出去chūqùto go out
相信xiāngxìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
出现chūxiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
出生chūshēngto be born
提出tíchūto raise (an issue); to propose
找出zhǎochūto find; to search out
相同xiāngtóngidentical; same
出口chūkǒuan exit; to speak
拿出náchūto take out; to put out
出门chūménto go out; to leave home

Questions about 出洋相

What does 出洋相 mean?

出洋相 (chū yángxiàng) means "to make a fool of oneself".

How do you write 出洋相?

出洋相 is made of 3 characters: 出 (5 strokes), 洋 (9 strokes), 相 (9 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 出洋相 an HSK word?

Yes. 出洋相 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.