破涕為笑

to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness

old variant of 笑[xiao4]

laugh / smile / CL:個|个[ge4]

to laugh; to smile / to laugh at

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

tears / nasal mucus

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)

because of / for / to