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Tôi buồn quá khi nghe tin đó.
I was so sad when I heard that news.
"Buồn" carries a softer, more melancholic sadness. "Buồn cười" = funny (literally "sad-laugh" — like a sad urge to laugh). One of Vietnamese's charming paradoxical compounds.