似笑非笑 — Chinese idiom
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
Meaning
- like a smile yet not a smile
Character by character
- 似sìresembling, similar to; as if, to seem
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
Idioms sharing a character
- 似是而非 sì shì ér fēi
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 侯门似海 hóu mén sì hǎi
- 光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn
- 大奸似忠 dà jiān sì zhōng
- 如花似玉 rú huā sì yù
- 如金似玉 rú jīn sì yù
- 如饥似渴 rú jī sì kě
- 归心似箭 guī xīn sì jiàn
- 付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào
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