眉开眼笑 — Chinese idiom
眉开眼笑
méi kāi yǎn xiào
Traditional: 眉開眼笑
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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