啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi

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

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 48864th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
啼 tí
to cry; to weep aloud; to crow
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
皆 jiē HSK 6
all; in all cases; each and every
非 fēi HSK 2
not; to not be; non-