苦笑 kǔ xiào

to force a smile; a bitter laugh

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 44100th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to force a smile
  2. 2. a bitter laugh

Characters

Character Meaning
苦 kǔ HSK 4
bitter; to suffer; hardship
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào