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1 to put on a fake smile (idiom)

2 to smile insincerely

1 the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty

2 lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)

1 He laughs best who laughs last.

1 Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, pseudonym of the Ming dynasty writer and author of the Golden Lotus 金瓶梅[Jīn píng méi]

1 like a smile yet not a smile (idiom)

1 to make a fool of oneself

2 to make oneself a laughing stock

1 all smiles

2 smiling mischievously or ingratiatingly

1 to grin

1 to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself

1 lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness

2 abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)

1 to talk and laugh as though nothing had happened

2 to remain cheerful (despite a crisis)

1 He laughs best who laughs last.

1 giggle

1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

1 to laugh irrepressibly

1 to dismiss with a laugh

2 to make light of

1 to make a fool of oneself

1 dirty jokes

2 jokes of a visceral nature