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Chinese
Etymology
From an eulogy by Huang Tingjian dedicated to Su Shi:
嬉笑怒罵，皆成文章。解羈而歸，紫微玉堂。
嬉笑怒骂，皆成文章。解羁而归，紫微玉堂。 - From: 1102, 黃庭堅,《東坡先生真贊》
- Xīxiào nùmà, jiē chéng wénzhāng. Jiě jī ér guī, zǐwēi yùtáng.
- In mirth or wrath, his words weave masterpieces;
From exile freed, he reigns in halls of splendor.
Pronunciation
Idiom
嬉笑怒罵
- (literally) merry laughter and angry scolding; (figurative) all kinds of emotions
我生如戲，嬉笑怒罵，皆戲具耳；我生如夢，語言文字，皆夢讛耳。
我生如戏，嬉笑怒骂，皆戏具耳；我生如梦，语言文字，皆梦呓耳。 - From: 1767, 史震林,《華陽散稿》自序, translated by Lin Yutang
- Wǒ shēng rú xì, xīxiàonùmà, jiē xìjù ěr; wǒ shēng rú mèng, yǔyán wénzì, jiē mèngyì ěr.
- Our life is like a play as we stomp about the stage, laughing with joy or shouting in a rage. It is like a dream in which we write and talk like somnambulists.
- (of writing, etc.) freely roving; ironic and invective