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don’t know whether to cry or to laugh; find something both funny and annoying

kū xiào bù dé

哭 笑 不 得

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sldon’t know whether to cry or to laugh; find something both funny and annoying
- kàn dào tā nà fù láng bèi xiàng zhēn jiào wǒ kū xiào bù dé
  看到她那副狼狈相，真叫我哭笑不得。
  Her sorry state amused and saddened me at once.
- tā zuò chū yī fù kū xiào bù dé de biǎo qíng
  他做出一副哭笑不得的表情。
  He made a wry grimace.
- chū tīng lǎo shī duì tā de bào yuàn wǒ kū xiào bù dé
  初听老师对他的抱怨，我哭笑不得。
  Might sound a teacher to his complaints, I dumbfounding.
synonym
tí xiào jiē fēi啼笑皆非

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