Zhè jiàn shì chǔlǐ de tíxiàojiēfēi, shéi yě bùhǎo shuōhuà.
The matter was handled so absurdly that no one knew what to say.
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啼 (tí) is the literary word for crying/weeping. The idiom describes a response to something absurd - not tragedy, not comedy, but the awkward middle that makes both reactions feel wrong.
