hēi​sè​yōu​mò

black humor

  • created sense approved 黑色幽默 · hēi​sè​yōu​mò · black humor — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黑色幽默

    hēi​sè​yōu​mò

    black humor

    A literary genre and artistic style originating in the US in the 1960s that uses morbid or cynical humor to depict the absurdity and despair of reality; ironic, paradoxical, or absurd behavior or phenomena in real life

    黑色 (literal) → 黑色 · hēi​sè · dark or grim 幽默 (literal) → 幽默 · yōu​mò · humorous

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