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笑而不语

xiào ér bù yǔ

Definitions

  1. 1. to smile but say nothing

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Child Words of 笑而不语

不
bù

no; not so

笑
xiào

to laugh; to smile

而
ér

and

不语
bù yǔ

(literary) not to speak

语
yǔ

dialect

语
yù

to tell to