苦笑
kǔxiào
verbHSK 7-9
“To force a smile” in Chinese is 苦笑 (kǔxiào).
Meaning
- to force a smile
- a bitter laugh
Example
中松为自己的愚蠢问题苦笑。
Nakamatsu smiled bitterly at his own stupid question.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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