哭 笑 不 得

kūxiào-bùdé

Meaning

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
both funny and extremely embarrassing
between laughter and tears

Example

我哭笑不得。

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

kūHSK 210 strokesto cry; to weep xiàoHSK 110 strokesto laugh; to smile bùHSK 14 strokesno; not so déHSK 111 strokesto obtain

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