Memory phrase for the character: 笑
笑
Meaning
laugh, smile Pronunciation xiào Explanation Top: bamboo 竹, below: early death 夭 (here seen as heaven 天)
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Bamboo that grows up to heaven? This is to laugh! Radicals
竹
bamboo
夭
early death to die prematurely, Don't mistake with heaven/sky 天
天
sky Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.
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笑话 xiào huà
joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock
狞笑 níng xiào
sardonic smile; to laugh maliciously
嗤笑 chī xiào
to sneer at
破涕为笑
pò tì wéi xiào
to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
笑眯眯 xiào mī mī
beaming; all smiles
讥笑 jī xiào
to sneer
咧开嘴笑
liě kāi zuǐ xiào
to laugh
嘲笑 cháo xiào
jeer; mockery; scoff; sneer; make fun of; laugh at (derogatory)
鸴鸠笑鹏
xué jiū xiào péng
the phoenix laughs at the roc (idiom)
开玩笑 kāi wán xiào
to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好
shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好
shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo
He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好
shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo
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