暗笑
àn xiào
Pinyin

Definition

暗笑
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àn xiào
  1. laugh in (up) one's sleeve
  2. snigger
  3. snicker

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 丝 sī
  4. 4 to smile
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
àn liàn
  1. 1 to be secretly in love with
xiào róng
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 smiling expression
  3. 3 classifier: 副 fù

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)
名重识暗
míng zhòng shí àn
  1. 1 of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)