嬉笑怒骂 (嬉笑怒罵)
xī xiào nù mà
Pinyin

Definition

嬉笑怒骂 (嬉笑怒罵)
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xī xiào nù mà
  1. lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
  2. fig. all kinds of emotions
  3. to mock and scold
  4. (of writing) freely roving
  5. following the author's fancy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

笑
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 丝 sī
  4. 4 to smile
搞笑
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
笑容
xiào róng
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 smiling expression
  3. 3 classifier: 副 fù
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock

Idioms (20)

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
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
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