tí xiào jiē fēi

啼笑皆非 (tí xiào jiē fēi) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2between laughter and tears

Characters in 啼笑皆非

啼tí · (bound form) to cry; to weep loudly笑xiào · to laugh; to smile皆jiē · all非fēi · to not be; not

Related words

非常very; really笑to laugh; to smile笑old variant of 笑[xiao4]玩笑to joke除非only if (..., or otherwise, ...)开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke非to not be; not非abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa笑话joke; jest可笑funny好笑laughable; funny; ridiculous非法illegal

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