a faint smile on one 's face(sì xiào fēi xiào)

a faint smile on one 's face

Sixiao feixiao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à Xi à of à IXI à o, which means like laughing but not laughing. It's from hesitation and blessing.

The origin of Idioms

Lu Xun's "hesitation · blessing": "later, we all know her temper. As long as there is a child in front of us, we will ask her first with a smile rather than a smile."

Idiom usage

Examples

Later, I saw many times, and everyone was smiling instead of greeting. Chapter 4 of Su Qing's ten years of marriage

Chinese PinYin : sì xiào fēi xiào