我哭不得，笑不得。

I don't know whether to cry or to laugh.

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 哭 kū to cry; to weep
=3 不得 bùdé
  1. must not
  2. may not
  3. not to be allowed
  4. cannot
=3 不得 bude complement placed after a verb to express impossibility or inability; cannot; be unable to
=4 笑 xiào old variant of 笑 xiào
=4 笑 xiào
  1. to laugh; to smile
  2. to laugh at
=5 不得 bùdé
  1. must not
  2. may not
  3. not to be allowed
  4. cannot
=5 不得 bude complement placed after a verb to express impossibility or inability; cannot; be unable to