笑柄

chuán wéi le xiào bǐng

传为了笑柄

be spread as a standing joke

tā zhè jù huà yǐ jīng chéng wéi xiào bǐng

他这句话已经成为笑柄。

That remark of his has become a standing joke.

biàn chéng xiào bǐng

变成笑柄

become a laughing stock

ràng zì jǐ chéng wéi xiào bǐng

让自己成为笑柄

lay oneself open to ridicule

zhè yǐ jīng chéng wéi quán chéng de xiào bǐng

这已经成为全城的笑柄。

It has become the laughingstock of the town.

tā de cuò wù shǐ tā chéng wéi dà jiā de xiào bǐng

他的错误使他成为大家的笑柄。

His mistakes have made him a laughing stock.

nà ge jì huà ràng měi guó chéng le xiào bǐng

那个计划让美国成了笑柄。

The plan has made the U.S. a laughing stock.