笑掉大牙
xiào diào dà yá
Pinyin

Definition

笑掉大牙
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xiào diào dà yá
  1. to laugh one's head off
  2. ridiculous
  3. jaw-dropping

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
  1. 1 big
  2. 2 huge
  3. 3 large
  4. 4 major
  5. 5 great
  6. 6 wide
  7. 7 deep
  8. 8 older (than)
  9. 9 oldest
  10. 10 eldest
  11. 11 greatly
  12. 12 very much
  13. 13 (dialect) father
  14. 14 father's elder or younger brother
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award
dà huà tóu
  1. 1 liar's dice (dice game)
Dà yùn
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
  3. 3 usually written 大運河|大运河[Dà Yùn hé]
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away
Yà lì shān dà
  1. 1 Alexander (name)
  2. 2 Alexandria (town name)
Rén dà
  1. 1 (Chinese) National People's Congress (abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì])
  2. 2 Renmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué])
wěi dà
  1. 1 huge
  2. 2 great
  3. 3 grand
  4. 4 worthy of the greatest admiration
  5. 5 important (contribution etc)
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
shǎ xiào
  1. 1 to giggle
  2. 2 to laugh foolishly
  3. 3 to smirk
  4. 4 to simper
guāng míng zhèng dà
  1. 1 (of a person) honorable
  2. 2 not devious
  3. 3 (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard
  4. 4 without tricks
  5. 5 openly
  6. 6 (of a situation) out in the open
lěng xiào
  1. 1 to sneer
  2. 2 to laugh grimly
  3. 3 grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4 bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan
shān diào
  1. 1 to delete
shuā yá
  1. 1 to brush one's teeth

Idioms (20)

不识大体
bù shí dà tǐ
  1. 1 to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail to grasp the big picture
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
以眼还眼,以牙还牙
yǐ yǎn huán yǎn , yǐ yá huán yá
  1. 1 an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
  3. 3 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
伶牙俐齿
líng yá lì chǐ
  1. 1 clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent
  2. 2 having the gift of the gab
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
元恶大憝
yuán è dà duì
  1. 1 arch-criminal and archenemy (idiom)
冒大不韪
mào dà bù wěi
  1. 1 to face opprobrium (idiom)
吃大锅饭
chī dà guō fàn
  1. 1 lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance
吃饭皇帝大
chī fàn huáng dì dà
  1. 1 eating comes first, then comes everything else (idiom) (Tw)
咬牙切齿
yǎo yá qiè chǐ
  1. 1 gnashing one's teeth (idiom); displaying extreme anger
  2. 2 fuming with rage between gritted teeth
咬紧牙关
yǎo jǐn yá guān
  1. 1 lit. to bite the teeth tightly (idiom); fig. to grit one's teeth and bear the pain
  2. 2 to bite the bullet
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
嚎啕大哭
háo táo dà kū
  1. 1 to wail
  2. 2 to bawl (idiom)

Sample Sentences

好了一点也没必要到处卖弄吧。亏你还觉得她有演技?真是笑掉大牙。谁不知道她有今天都是靠男人。每拍一部戏都和导演或男主角传绯闻,男朋友像走马灯一样换。什么张艺谋、成龙、现在又搭上了美国大亨。真是服了她了。
hǎo le yīdiǎn yě méi bìyào dàochù màinòng ba 。kuī nǐ hái juéde tā yǒu yǎnjì ?zhēnshì xiàodiào dàyá 。shéi bù zhīdào tā yǒu jīntiān dōu shì kào nánrén 。měi pāi yī bù xì dōu hé dǎoyǎn huò nánzhǔjué chuán fēiwén ,nánpéngyou xiàng zǒumǎdēng yīyàng huàn 。shénme Zhāng Yìmóu 、Chéng Lóng 、xiànzài yòu dāshàng le Měiguó dàhēng 。zhēnshì fú le tā le 。
After it's gotten a little better there's no need to go all over showing off. And you still think she's a good actor? That's truly laughable. Everyone knows that she got where she is today by relying on men. Every time she makes a movie there's a scandal about her and the director or male star. She changes boyfriends so fast it would make your head spin. Zhang Yimou, Jackie Chan, and now she's got an American tycoon. She is really something.
晚饭现在有补贴了。五块钱。真是笑掉大牙!五块,叫我们喝西北风啊?
wǎnfàn xiànzài yǒu bǔtiē le 。wǔ kuàiqián 。zhēnshì xiàodiàodàyá !wǔkuài ,jiào wǒmen hē xīběifēng a ?
Dinner expenses are subsidized now. Five RMB. It makes me laugh my head off. Five RMB, we'd die from hunger.
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