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闹笑话

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Collocation

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笑话越闹越大
2
笑话闹了不少
3
笑话闹大了
4
闹了一个大笑话
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闹了很多笑话
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闹了一些笑话
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不怕闹笑话
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经常闹笑话

Definition

闹笑话

Literally means:

make a fool of oneself

Actually means:

make a stupid mistake

It means one makes fool of himself. It usually indicates that one has done something inappropriate or has made a stupid mistake. Derogatory.

出被人取笑做了不该做错的事。有时具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. It can be used in inversion. (作谓语、宾语,中间可加入别的词语,也可以倒装)
1
gāng
dào
zhōngguó
中国
shí
hàn
汉语
tài
hǎo
  
,
zhōngguó
中国
péngyou
朋友
shuōhuà
说话
shí
jīngcháng
经常
nàoxiàohuà
闹笑话
  

When he first arrived in China, he didn't speak Chinese very well and often made jokes when he spoke to his Chinese friends.

2
Xué
学习
wài
外语
háishi
还是
yào
duō
shuō
  
,
duō
yòng
  
,
yào
不要
nàoxiàohuà
闹笑话
  
,
bèi
rén
cháoxiào
嘲笑
  

Learn a foreign language or say more, use more, don't be afraid of making jokes, be laughed at.

3
Zhège
这个
rén
hěn
huì
gǎoxiào
搞笑
  
,
jīngcháng
经常
故意
nào
xiē
一些
xiàohuà
笑话
  
,
dòu
jiā
大家
kāixīn
开心
  
,
ràng
jiā
大家
fàngsōng
放松
fàngsōng
放松
  

This person is very funny, often deliberately make some jokes, make everyone happy, let everyone relax.

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