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**笑**
**[xiào]**
**(Verb)**
**1.** To reveal a happy expression and emit joyful sounds.
**露出愉快的表情,发出欢喜的声音。**
Example: 笑容 (smile), 笑颜 (smiling face), 笑眯眯 (smiling with eyes narrowed), 谈笑风生 (chatting and laughing cheerfully).
**2.** To ridicule.
**讥嘲。**
Example: 笑柄 (laughingstock), 笑话 (joke), 笑谈 (laughing conversation), 贻笑大方 (to make oneself a laughingstock), 嘲笑 (to mock), 见笑 (to be laughed at), 耻笑 (to be ridiculed).
**Original Meaning:**
因喜悦开颜或出声 (To show joy by smiling or laughing).
**Character Formation:**
会意。从竹,从夭。杨承庆曰,“竹得风其体夭屈,如人之笑”。字或从竹,从夭。
(Ideogram: It consists of bamboo and a sign indicating bending; suggests the flexibility like a person’s smile.)
**Synonyms:**
**1.** Same as the original meaning (smile; laugh).
**同本义** ([En.] smile; laugh)
**2.** To ridicule; to mock.
**讥笑;嘲笑** ([En.] ridicule)
**3.** Joke; to make fun of.
**玩笑;逗乐** ([En.] joke; make fun of)
**4.** To like; to envy.
**喜爱;羡慕** ([En.] like)
**5.** Metaphor for flowers blooming.
**比喻花朵开放** ([En.] flow; open)
**引述:**
1. 《说文》: 笑,喜也。杨承庆曰:“竹得风,其体夭屈,如人之笑也。” 李阳冰刊定说文从之。
(From "Shuō Wén": Laughter denotes joy. Yang Chengqing states: "When bamboo sways with the wind, its shape bends like a person's smile.")
2. 《字林》: 竹为乐器,君子乐然后笑也。朱骏声曰:“此字古皆从犬,本义犬狎人声也。从犬,箾省声。”
(From "Zì Lín": Bamboo is a musical instrument; a gentleman smiles after being joyful.)
3. 《易·萃》: 一握为笑。
4. 《诗·卫风·氓》: 载笑载言。
5. 要笑晏晏。
6. 《列子·汤问》: 两小儿笑曰。
7. 《论语·宪问》: 乐然后笑,人不厌其笑。
8. 《聊斋志异·狼三则》: Stop adding up to laughter.
9. 《列子·汤问》: To stop by laughing.
10. 清·周容《芋老人传》: Laugh without caring.
**Examples:**
如: 笑唏唏 (chuckling), 笑咍咍 (laugh heartily), 笑浪 (laugh freely), 笑面夜叉 (a person who appears kind but is malicious).
**2.** To ridicule; to mock.
**讥笑;嘲笑** ([En.] ridicule)
**引述:**
1. 《诗·邶风·终风》: 顾我则笑。
2. 《孟子·梁惠王上》: 以五十步笑百步,则何如?
**Examples:**
如: 笑端 (laughing stock), 笑骂从汝 (laugh and criticize at will), 笑弄 (mock; ridicule), 笑侮 (ridicule).
**3.** Joke; to make fun of.
**玩笑;逗乐** ([En.] joke; make fun of)
**引述:**
1. 《诗·大雅·板》: 勿以为笑。
**Examples:**
如: 笑嗷 (to laugh happily; to play), 笑乐院本 (a small play presented before the main theatrical performance), 笑耍头回 (a small story told before the main tale).
**4.** To like; to envy.
**喜爱;羡慕** ([En.] like)
**Examples:**
如: 笑眼传心 (exchanging glances and smiles to convey affection), 笑悦 (joyful laughter), 笑叹 (laughable yet sighing).
**5.** Metaphor for flowers blooming.
**比喻花朵开放** ([En.] flow; open)
**引述:**
1. 唐太宗《赋得残菊花》: 露浓晞晚笑,风劲浅残香。
**Examples:**
如: 笑笑 (the appearance of blooming flowers), 笑靥金 (a term for chrysanthemums).
lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom) / fig. all kinds of emotions / to mock and scold / (of writing) freely roving / following the author's fancy
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