破涕为笑
pò​tì​wéi​xiào

to smile through tears

  • created sense approved 破涕为笑/破涕為笑 · pò​tì​wéi​xiào · to smile through tears — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破涕为笑 / 破涕為笑

    pò​tì​wéi​xiào

    to smile through tears

    to stop crying and start laughing; to turn grief into happiness

    破 (literal) → 破 · pò · to break 涕 (literal) → 涕 · tì · tears 为 (literal) → 为/為 · wéi · to be 笑 (literal) → 笑 · xiào · to smile or laugh

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

    created sense