笑

old variant of 笑[xiao4]

laugh / smile / CL:個|个[ge4]

to laugh; to smile / to laugh at

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

tender / gentle / to die prematurely

variant of 夭[yao1] / to die young / to die prematurely / Taiwan pr. [yao3]

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

to dismiss with a laugh / to make light of

every frown and every smile

to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1]

the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom) / the pot calls the kettle black

to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom) / to laugh it off

like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

to laugh up one's sleeve

lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

(idiom) to dismiss sth with a laugh; to laugh it off

to laugh away (instead of taking seriously)

of no value / worthless