苦笑
kǔ xiào
Pinyin
Definition
苦笑
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- to force a smile
- a bitter laugh
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不胜其苦
- 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
五十步笑百步
- 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
- 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
- 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
- 2 to laugh it off
似笑非笑
- 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
倒悬之苦
- 1 lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
- 2 dire straits