啼笑皆非

tí xiào jiē fēi

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)

between laughter and tears

啼

tí

variant of 啼[ti2]

笑

xiào

to laugh; to smile

皆

jiē

all

非

fēi

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa