to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
trad. 破涕為笑
Also written 破涕為笑【pò tì wéi xiào】
Characters in this word
4破
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broken, damaged, worn out, lousy, rotten, to break, split or cleave, to get rid of, to destroy, to break with, to defeat, to capture (a city etc), to expose the truth of
- Pinyin
- pò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2217 of 2500
涕
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tears, nasal mucus
- Pinyin
- tì
- Strokes
- 10
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 of 2500
笑
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old variant of 笑[xiao4]
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Traditional
- 咲
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 534 of 2500