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)

笑
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
大
dà
  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
大吉
dà jí
  1. 1 very auspicious
  2. 2 extremely lucky
大家
dà jiā
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 influential family
  3. 3 great expert
大奖
dà jiǎng
  1. 1 prize
  2. 2 award

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)

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.
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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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