laughing stock; joke material
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
laughing stock; material for ridicule; butt of jokes
Often used with verbs like 当做 (treat as) or 成为 (become). Can take the -r suffix (儿化) to become 笑料儿 in colloquial speech.
Bù不
yào要
bǎ把
rén人
jiā家
de的
shēng生
lǐ理
quē缺
xiàn陷
dàng当
zuò做
xiào笑
liào料
。
Don't treat other people's physical defects as a laughing stock.
Tā他
zhè这
cì次
de的
shī失
wù误
chéng成
le了
dà大
jiā家
de的
xiào笑
liào料
。
His mistake this time became a laughing stock for everyone.
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Nà那
gè个
xiǎo小
pǐn品
bǎ把
rì日
cháng常
shēng生
huó活
zhōng中
de的
gān尴
gà尬
biàn变
chéng成
le了
xiào笑
liào料
。
That skit turned the awkwardness of daily life into comedy material.