冷笑话
lěng xiào huà
Pinyin

Definition

冷笑话
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lěng xiào huà
  1. joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Lěng
  1. 1 surname Leng
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
tōu xiào
  1. 1 to laugh up one's sleeve
shǎ xiào
  1. 1 to giggle
  2. 2 to laugh foolishly
  3. 3 to smirk
  4. 4 to simper
bīng lěng
  1. 1 ice-cold
lěng lěng
  1. 1 coldly
lěng lěng qīng qīng
  1. 1 deserted
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 unfrequented
  4. 4 cold and cheerless
  5. 5 lonely
  6. 6 in quiet isolation
lěng dòng
  1. 1 to freeze
  2. 2 to deep-freeze
lěng què
  1. 1 to cool off
  2. 2 cooling
lěng tiān
  1. 1 cold weather
  2. 2 cold season
Lěng zhàn
  1. 1 (US-Soviet) Cold War
lěng nuǎn
  1. 1 lit. daily changes of temperature
  2. 2 fig. well-being
  3. 3 sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
lěng hàn
  1. 1 cold sweat
lěng dàn
  1. 1 cold
  2. 2 indifferent
lěng qīng
  1. 1 cold and cheerless
  2. 2 fig. lonely
  3. 3 unfrequented
lěng mò
  1. 1 cold and detached towards sb
  2. 2 lack of regard
  3. 3 indifference
  4. 4 neglect
lěng xiào
  1. 1 to sneer
  2. 2 to laugh grimly
  3. 3 grin of dissatisfaction (bitterness, helplessness, indignation etc)
  4. 4 bitter, grim, sarcastic or angry smile
lěng xiào huà
  1. 1 joke intended to be so corny it makes one groan

Idioms (20)

五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
付之一笑
fù zhī yī xiào
  1. 1 to dismiss sth with a laugh (idiom)
  2. 2 to laugh it off
似笑非笑
sì xiào fēi xiào
  1. 1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)
冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冷嘲热讽
lěng cháo rè fěng
  1. 1 frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule
冷若冰霜
lěng ruò bīng shuāng
  1. 1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
  2. 2 frigid
冷言冷语
lěng yán lěng yǔ
  1. 1 sarcastic comments (idiom)
  2. 2 to make sarcastic comments
冷语冰人
lěng yǔ bīng rén
  1. 1 to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
哭笑不得
kū xiào bù dé
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 both funny and extremely embarrassing
  3. 3 between laughter and tears
啼笑皆非
tí xiào jiē fēi
  1. 1 lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
  2. 2 between laughter and tears
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
嬉笑怒骂
xī xiào nù mà
  1. 1 lit. laughs, jeers, anger and invective (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. all kinds of emotions
  3. 3 to mock and scold
  4. 4 (of writing) freely roving
  5. 5 following the author's fancy
少女露笑脸,婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
枕冷衾寒
zhěn lěng qīn hán
  1. 1 cold pillow and lonely bed (idiom); fig. cold and solitary existence
热脸贴冷屁股
rè liǎn tiē lěng pì gu
  1. 1 to show warm feelings but meet with cold rebuke (idiom)
  2. 2 to be snubbed despite showing good intentions
皮笑肉不笑
pí xiào ròu bù xiào
  1. 1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)
  2. 2 to smile insincerely
眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào
  1. 1 brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
  2. 2 all smiles
知冷知热
zhī lěng zhī rè
  1. 1 to know whether others are cold or hot (idiom)
  2. 2 to be very considerate

Sample Sentences

冷笑话
lěngxiàohuà
Dry joke.
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哈哈,看来你很善于讲“冷笑话”了。可能大家当时觉得不好笑,过一会大家想明白了又会觉得很好笑。我建议你讲笑话的时候不妨自己加一些提示,帮助大家理解,这样大家不是会懂得你的幽默了吗?这样还可以避免讲笑话冷场的情况发生。要知道有些笑话真的很难懂。我看过好多西方幽默故事都是这种冷笑话,要想想才能明白。
hāhā ,kànlai nǐ hěn shànyú jiǎng “lěngxiàohuà ”le 。kěnéng dàjiā dāngshí juéde bùhǎoxiào ,guò yīhuì dàjiā xiǎng míngbai le yòu huì juéde hěn hǎoxiào 。wǒ jiànyì nǐ jiǎngxiàohuà de shíhou bùfáng zìjǐ jiā yīxiē tíshì ,bāngzhù dàjiā lǐjiě ,zhèyàng dàjiā bù shì huì dǒngde nǐ de yōumò le ma ?zhèyàng hái kěyǐ bìmiǎn jiǎngxiàohuà lěngchǎng de qíngkuàng fāshēng 。yào zhīdào yǒuxiē xiàohuà zhēnde hěn nándǒng 。wǒ kàn guo hǎo duō xīfāng yōumògùshi dōu shì zhèzhǒng lěngxiàohuà ,yào xiǎng xiang cái néng míngbai 。
Ha ha, looks like you have a knack for telling dry jokes. Maybe at the beginning, nobody thought it was funny, but after a while, they ''get" it, and then they think it's funny. I recommend that when you tell jokes, you give a few hints to help people understand. Won't everyone get your jokes that way? And that way, you can avoid uncomfortable silences when you tell jokes. You should know that some jokes are really hard to understand. I've seen a lot of funny Western stories that are all dry jokes like this. You really have to think them over before you get it.