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爆笑bào xiào

to burst out laughing / hilarious / burst of laughter

Headword or pronunciation爆笑

狞笑níng xiào

to laugh nastily / evil grin

Headword or pronunciation狞笑

痴笑chī xiào

to giggle foolishly / to titter

Headword or pronunciation痴笑

皮笑肉不笑pí xiào ròu bù xiào

to put on a fake smile (idiom) / to smile insincerely

Headword or pronunciation皮笑肉不笑

相视而笑xiāng shì ér xiào

(idiom) to look at each other and smile

Headword or pronunciation相视而笑

眉开眼笑méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles

Headword or pronunciation眉开眼笑

看笑话kàn xiào hua

to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself

Headword or pronunciation看笑话

破涕为笑pò tì wéi xiào

to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness

Headword or pronunciation破涕为笑

窃笑qiè xiào

to snigger / to titter

Headword or pronunciation窃笑

笑不可仰xiào bù kě yǎng

to double up with laughter (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation笑不可仰

笑不可抑xiào bù kě yì

to laugh irrepressibly

Headword or pronunciation笑不可抑

笑剧xiào jù

comedy / farce

Headword or pronunciation笑剧

笑吟吟xiào yín yín

smiling / with a smile

Headword or pronunciation笑吟吟

笑哈哈xiào hā hā

to laugh heartily

Headword or pronunciation笑哈哈

笑嘻嘻xiào xī xī

grinning / smiling

Headword or pronunciation笑嘻嘻

笑场xiào chǎng

(of an actor) to break character by laughing / to corpse

Headword or pronunciation笑场

笑容可掬xiào róng kě jū

smiling wholeheartedly (idiom) / beaming from ear to ear

Headword or pronunciation笑容可掬

笑意xiào yì

smiling expression

Headword or pronunciation笑意

笑掉大牙xiào diào dà yá

to laugh one's head off / ridiculous / jaw-dropping

Headword or pronunciation笑掉大牙

笑料百出xiào liào bǎi chū

entertaining / hilarious

Headword or pronunciation笑料百出

笑气xiào qì

laughing gas (nitrous oxide)

Headword or pronunciation笑气

笑盈盈xiào yíng yíng

smilingly / to be all smiles

Headword or pronunciation笑盈盈

笑眯眯xiào mī mī

beaming / all smiles

Headword or pronunciation笑眯眯

笑破肚皮xiào pò dù pí

to split one's sides laughing

Headword or pronunciation笑破肚皮

笑窝xiào wō

dimple (on the cheek when smiling)

Headword or pronunciation笑窝

笑筊xiào jiǎo

(folk religion) inconclusive divination result from casting moon blocks 筊杯[jiǎo bēi] (both blocks flat side up) / ambiguous or noncommittal response from a deity

Headword or pronunciation笑筊

笑纹xiào wén

laugh lines (on the face)

Headword or pronunciation笑纹

笑纳xiào nà

to kindly accept (an offering)

Headword or pronunciation笑纳

笑骂xiào mà

to deride / to mock / (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly / to razz

Headword or pronunciation笑骂

笑而不语xiào ér bù yǔ

to smile but say nothing

Headword or pronunciation笑而不语

笑脸相迎xiào liǎn xiāng yíng

to welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation笑脸相迎

笑里藏刀xiào lǐ cáng dāo

lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese

Headword or pronunciation笑里藏刀

笑语xiào yǔ

talking and laughing / cheerful talk

Headword or pronunciation笑语

笑谈xiào tán

object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat

Headword or pronunciation笑谈

笑貌xiào mào

smiling face

Headword or pronunciation笑貌

笑贫不笑娼xiào pín bù xiào chāng

the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)

Headword or pronunciation笑贫不笑娼

笑逐颜开xiào zhú yán kāi

smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face

Headword or pronunciation笑逐颜开

笑面虎xiào miàn hǔ

man with a big smile and evil intentions

Headword or pronunciation笑面虎

笑靥xiào yè

dimple / smiling face

Headword or pronunciation笑靥

笑颜xiào yán

smiling face

Headword or pronunciation笑颜

嘻皮笑臉 xī pí xiào liǎn · see 嬉皮笑脸

好氣又好笑 hǎo qì yòu hǎo xiào · see 又好气又好笑

笑臉兒 xiào liǎn r · variant of 笑脸

逗笑兒 dòu xiào r · variant of 逗笑

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