- lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
- both funny and extremely embarrassing
- between laughter and tears
Characters
- 哭 (哭): to cry; to weep
- 笑 (咲): old variant of 笑[xiao4]
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 得 (得): to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
Resources
- Wiktionary: 哭笑不得
- MDBG: 哭笑不得
- Examples with 哭笑不得 on Tatoeba
Examples
我真是哭笑不得了。
我真是哭笑不得。
我哭笑不得。