◎ 解嘲 jiěcháo
[just to make oneself feel satisfired;offer an explanation to save one's own face] 受人嘲笑时自己找个理由辩解
人有嘲雄,以玄之尚白, 雄解之,号曰解嘲。—— 扬雄《解嘲》
自我解嘲