人怕笑，字怕吊人怕笑，字怕吊人怕笑，字怕吊

people fear being laughed at, writing fears being hung up

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Public judgment is hard to escape; people dread ridicule as calligraphy fears display for criticism.

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Simplified: 人怕笑，字怕吊
Pinyin: rén pà xiào, zì pà diào
Bopomofo: ㄖㄣˊ ㄆㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋ，ㄗˋ ㄆㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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