xī pí xiào liǎn

Traditional: 嬉皮笑臉

嬉皮笑脸 (xī pí xiào liǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “all smiles; smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly”.

Meanings

  1. 1all smiles
  2. 2smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly

Characters in 嬉皮笑脸

嬉xī · (literary) to amuse oneself; to play; to have fun皮pí · skin; peel; rind; outer layer笑xiào · to laugh; to smile脸liǎn · face

Related words

笑to laugh; to smile笑old variant of 笑[xiao4]脸face玩笑to joke开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke皮skin; peel; rind; outer layer皮surname Pi笑话joke; jest皮肤skin可笑funny好笑laughable; funny; ridiculous微笑smile

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