话柄

Traditional form:

話柄

Pinyin (reading):

huàbǐng

Definitions:

• a pretext for gossip
• a matter for derision

Characters:

• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 柄 - handle, lever, knob; authority

Traditional characters:

• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect
• 柄 - handle, lever, knob; authority