哄堂大笑

hōngtáng-dàxiào
idiom HSK 7 #43,979

Meanings

  1. 1 the whole room bursts into laughter
  2. 2 uproarious laughter

Characters

Literally 'the hall roars with great laughter' — the entire room erupting in laughter at once.

Examples

Tā jiǎng le yí ge xiàohua, yǐn de dàjiā hōngtáng-dàxiào.
He told a joke that made the whole room burst into laughter.
Lǎoshī de yí jù huà ràng quán bān hōngtáng-dàxiào.
One sentence from the teacher made the whole class burst out laughing.

Tips

mistakes
has three pronunciations: hōng (uproar, as here), hǒng (to coax/soothe, as in 孩子), and hòng (to deceive). In this idiom it's always first tone hōng.

Stroke Order

hǒng
táng
xiào