眉开眼笑 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• brows raised in delight, eyes laughing ; beaming with joy
• all smiles

Character by character

• 眉méieyebrows; upper margin of book
• 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 眼yǎneyelet, hole, opening
• 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker

Idioms sharing a character

• 不让须眉 bù ràng xū méi
• 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
• 愁眉苦脸 chóu méi kǔ liǎn
• 慈眉善目 cí méi shàn mù
• 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
• 火烧眉毛 huǒ shāo méi mao
• 燃眉之急 rán méi zhī jí
• 白眉赤眼 bái méi chì yǎn
• 白首齐眉 bái shǒu qí méi
• 眉来眼去 méi lái yǎn qù

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