嬉笑怒骂 — Chinese idiom
嬉笑怒骂
xī xiào nù mà
Traditional: 嬉笑怒罵
Meaning
- lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective
- fig. all kinds of emotions
- to mock and scold
- (of writing) freely roving
- following the author's fancy
Character by character
- 嬉xīto enjoy; to play, to amuse oneself
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 怒nùanger, passion, rage
- 骂màto accuse, to blame, to curse, to scold
Idioms sharing a character
- 业荒于嬉 yè huāng yú xī
- 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
- 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
- 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
- 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào
- 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào
- 相视而笑 xiāng shì ér xiào
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