贻笑大方

to make a fool of oneself / to make oneself a laughing stock

to present / to bequeath

to be ridiculous / to make a fool of oneself

old variant of 笑[xiao4]

laugh / smile / CL:個|个[ge4]

to laugh; to smile / to laugh at

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea

generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed

surname Fang

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter