哭笑不得

kū xiào bù dé

Dictionary entry

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

What does 哭笑不得 mean?

哭笑不得 (kū xiào bù dé) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

2both funny and extremely embarrassing

3between laughter and tears

Character breakdown

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哭kūto cry; to weep 笑xiàoold variant of 笑[xiao4]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-得déto obtain · to get

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