哭
笑
不
得

哭笑不得 (kū xiào bù dé) – lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

kū xiào bù dé

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-90 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3between laughter and tears

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Related words

不

bù

no

得

dé

to obtain

笑

xiào

old variant of 笑

哭

kū

to cry

觉得

jué de

to think that ...

记得

jì de

to remember

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

得意

dé yì

proud of oneself

获得

huò dé

to obtain

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