yǎ rán shī xiào

Traditional: 啞然失笑

哑然失笑 (yǎ rán shī xiào) is a Chinese word meaning “to laugh involuntarily; Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]”.

Meanings

  1. 1to laugh involuntarily
  2. 2Taiwan pr. [e4 ran2 shi1 xiao4]

Characters in 哑然失笑

哑yā · (onom.) sound of cawing然rán · correct失shī · to lose笑xiào · to laugh; to smile

Related words

然后then; after that; afterwards当然only natural笑to laugh; to smile笑old variant of 笑[xiao4]失去to lose虽然although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)玩笑to joke突然sudden; abrupt; unexpected显然clearly; evidently; obviously消失to disappear; to fade away失踪to be missing仍然still; as before; yet

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