啼笑皆非 — Chinese idiom
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
Meaning
- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry
- between laughter and tears
Character by character
- 啼títo weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 皆jiēall, every, everybody
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
Idioms sharing a character
- 啼饥号寒 tí jī háo hán
- 杜鹃啼血 dù juān tí xuè
- 付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào
- 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
- 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
- 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
- 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
- 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào
- 嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà
- 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào
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