哭笑不得 – vocab dash

哭笑不得kūxiàobùdé

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Meanings

1. lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

2. both funny and extremely embarrassing

3. between laughter and tears

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我wǒ真是zhēnshi哭笑不得kūxiàobùdé了le。

I don't know whether to cry or to laugh.

我wǒ真是zhēnshi哭笑不得kūxiàobùdé。

I do not know whether to take it as a compliment or an insult.

我wǒ哭笑不得kūxiàobùdé。

I don't know whether to cry or to laugh.