啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
Pinyin
Definition
啼笑皆非
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- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
- between laughter and tears
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一着不慎,满盘皆输
- 1 One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)
五十步笑百步
- 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
- 2 the pot calls the kettle black
今非昔比
- 1 things are very different now (idiom)
- 2 times have changed
付之一笑
- 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
- 2 to laugh it off
似是而非
- 1 apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)