huà bǐng

Traditional: 話柄

话柄 (huà bǐng) is a Chinese word meaning “a pretext for gossip; a matter for derision”.

Meanings

  1. 1a pretext for gossip
  2. 2a matter for derision

Characters in 话柄

话huà · dialect柄bǐng · handle or shaft (of an axe etc)

Related words

话dialect话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak谈话to talk (with sb)实话truth说实话to speak the truth笑话joke; jest讲话a speech废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words的话if (coming after a conditional clause)

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