# 出洋相 (chūyángxiàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 出洋相 (chūyángxiàng) means “to make a fool of oneself”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to make a fool of oneself
- Pinyin: chūyángxiàng (chu1 yang2 xiang4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要在大家面前出洋相。
  Búyào zài dàjiā miànqián chū yángxiàng.
  Don't make a fool of yourself in front of everyone.

## Characters

- [出](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-go-out/) (chū): to go out; to come out
- [洋](https://hanziro.com/word/yang-ocean/) (yáng): ocean; foreign
- 相 (xiàng): appearance; portrait

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-yang-xiang-make-fool-oneself/

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