回嗔作喜 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to go from anger to happiness

Character by character

• 回huíto return, to turn around; a time
• 嗔chēnto be angry at, to rebuke, to scold
• 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad

Idioms sharing a character

• 回天乏术 huí tiān fá shù
• 回心转意 huí xīn zhuǎn yì
• 回禄之灾 Huí lù zhī zāi
• 妙手回春 miào shǒu huí chūn
• 峰回路转 fēng huí lù zhuǎn
• 有去无回 yǒu qù wú huí
• 浪子回头 làng zǐ huí tóu
• 无力回天 wú lì huí tiān
• 起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng
• 迂回曲折 yū huí qū zhé

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