哭笑不得
kū​xiào​bù​dé HSK7

to not know whether to laugh or cry

  • created reference approved 哭笑不得 → 啼笑皆非 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哭笑不得 kū​xiào​bù​dé

    啼笑皆非 tí​xiào​jiē​fēi

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 哭笑不得 · kū​xiào​bù​dé · to not know whether to laugh or cry — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    哭笑不得

    kū​xiào​bù​dé

    to not know whether to laugh or cry

    to not know whether to laugh or cry; to find something both funny and annoying or embarrassing at the same time

    哭 (literal) → 哭 · kū · to cry 笑 (literal) → 笑 · xiào · to smile or laugh 不得 (literal) → 不得 · bu​de · [potential]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense