zhī
xiào

idiom
common

Meaning of 付之一笑

付之一笑 means to dismiss with a laugh; to laugh something off. Pronounced fù zhī yī xiào.

  • to dismiss with a laugh; to laugh something off

Definitions & Examples

Miàn
duì
xiē
de
zhǐ
 
zhǐ
shì
zhī
xiào
 

Faced with those unreasonable accusations, he simply laughed them off.

Liú
yán
fēi
hěn
duō
 
zǒng
néng
zhī
xiào
 
háo
zài
 

There's a lot of gossip, but he always dismisses it with a laugh and doesn't care at all.

Duì
zhè
xiē
xiǎo
xiǎo
de
cuò
zhé
 
men
fáng
zhī
xiào
 
qián
jìn
 

We might as well laugh off these minor setbacks and keep moving forward.