哭笑不得 — Chinese idiom
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
Meaning
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry
- both funny and extremely embarrassing
- between laughter and tears
Character by character
- 哭kūto weep, to cry, to wail
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
Idioms sharing a character
- 同声一哭 tóng shēng yī kū
- 嚎啕大哭 háo táo dà kū
- 悲歌当哭 bēi gē dàng kū
- 猫哭老鼠 māo kū lǎo shǔ
- 猫哭耗子 māo kū hào zi
- 鬼哭狼嚎 guǐ kū láng háo
- 付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào
- 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
- 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
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