自嘲
zì cháo
Pinyin

Definition

自嘲
 - 
zì cháo
  1. to mock oneself
  2. to laugh at oneself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
chū zì
  1. 1 to come from
gè zì
  1. 1 each
  2. 2 respective
  3. 3 apiece

Idioms (20)

不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)
不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
任其自然
rèn qí zì rán
  1. 1 to let things take their course (idiom)
  2. 2 to leave it to nature
  3. 3 laissez-faire

Sample Sentences

我认为,莫言生活的那个时代很辛苦,但他总能以一种调侃、自嘲的方式来描述那些苦难,给人一种笑中有泪,泪中有笑的体会。
wǒ rènwéi ,Mòyán shēnghuó de nàge shídài hěn xīnkǔ ,dàn tā zǒng néng yǐ yīzhǒng tiáokǎn 、zìcháo de fāngshì lái miáoshù nàxiē kǔnàn ,gěi rén yīzhǒng xiào zhōng yǒu lèi ,lèi zhōng yǒu xiào de tǐhuì 。
I think, the era in which Mo Yan lived was very difficult, but he is always able to make use of a satiric, self mocking way of describing these difficulties, making people feel melancholy amid laughter and laugh through their tears.
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