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捧腹绝倒

pěng fù jué dǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to laugh until it hurts / to laugh heartily
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-ce6239197bff0231. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

捧腹絕倒 捧腹绝倒 [peng3 fu4 jue2 dao3] /to laugh until it hurts; to laugh heartily/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 捧腹絕倒

  • 捧
    pěng

    to hold or offer with both hands / to sing the praises of / classifier for what can be held in both hands

  • 腹
    fù

    abdomen / stomach / belly

  • 绝
    jué

    to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

  • 倒
    dǎo

    to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to fail / to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit

    dào

    to invert / to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out / to dump / inverted / upside down / reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect / but / yet

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.