哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 42575th word

Definitions

  1. 1. the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
哄 hōng HSK 6
to roar (as a crowd); roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub
堂 táng HSK 6
(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào