粵

破po3涕tai3為wai4笑siu3

simp破涕为笑also written破涕爲笑
po3 tai3 wai4 siu3pò tì wéi xiào

English

  1. to turn tears into laughter (idiom); to turn grief into happiness
  2. to turn happy and stop crying

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 停止哭泣，轉為歡笑；比喻轉悲為喜

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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