笑而不语
xiào'ér​bù​yǔ

to smile but say nothing

  • created sense approved 笑而不语/笑而不語 · xiào'ér​bù​yǔ · to smile but say nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    笑而不语 / 笑而不語

    xiào'ér​bù​yǔ

    to smile but say nothing

    To smile without speaking; used to describe someone who maintains a mysterious or knowing silence

    笑 (literal) → 笑 · xiào · to smile or laugh 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 不语 (literal) → 不语/不語 · bù​yǔ · to not speak

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

    created sense