哑然失笑 (啞然失笑)
yǎ rán shī xiào
Pinyin

Definition

哑然失笑 (啞然失笑)
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yǎ rán shī xiào
  1. to laugh involuntarily
  2. Taiwan pr. [è rán shī xiào]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī rán
  1. 1 still
  2. 2 as before
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
shī qù
  1. 1 to lose
shī bài
  1. 1 to be defeated
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4 failure
  5. 5 defeat
  6. 6 classifier: 次 cì
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
一目了然
yī mù liǎo rán
  1. 1 obvious at a glance (idiom)
不以为然
bù yǐ wéi rán
  1. 1 not to accept as correct (idiom); to object
  2. 2 to disapprove
  3. 3 to take exception to
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