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笑话 (笑話)

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  • [xiàohua]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

笑话 [xiàohua]
  1. 1. noun joke
    他爱说笑话
    He likes to tell jokes.
  2. 2. verb laugh at

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

笑话 [xiàohua]
  1. 1. joke; jest; gag
    笑话
    crack a joke
  2. 2. laugh at; ridicule
    咱们一定要赢,别让人笑话咱们。
    We must win the game, and not give others any chance to laugh at us.
    笑话
    laugh at sb.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

笑话 [xiàohua]
  1. 1. 使人发笑的话或故事
    笑话
    笑话三则。
    笑话集。
  2. 2. 讥讽;嘲笑
    不要笑话他。
    避免让人笑话
  3. 3. 被人当作笑料的事
    笑话
    出了不少笑话

Examples

别吵了,让人家看笑话
Stop squab-bling, will you? People will laugh at us.
他说的笑话把大家逗乐了。
His joke amused everyone.
他老重复那几个笑话,真腻人。
It's really boring to listen to his same old jokes.
你说个笑话让大伙儿热闹热闹吧。
Tell us a joke to liven things up.
天大的笑话
a colossal absurdity
咱们一定要赢,别让人笑话咱们。
We must win the game, and not give others any chance to laugh at us.
他给我讲了一个最近暴热的笑话
The joke he just told me has been very popular recently.
别总说蠢话,会被人家笑话的。
Don't talk stupidly, or else others will laugh at you.
做事太冲动急进反而容易出错,有时会惹出一箩筐的笑话
Acting on impulse will lead to mistakes and will sometimes cause people to laugh at you.

Collocations

笑话
to tell a joke
笑话
to make a foolish drawing
笑话
a collection of jokes
笑话
a huge joke
被人笑话
to be laughed at

Word Decomposition


[xiào]
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[huà]

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