喜从天降 — Chinese idiom
喜从天降
xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
Traditional: 喜從天降
Meaning
- joy from heaven ; overjoyed at unexpected good news
- unlooked-for happy event
Character by character
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 降jiàngto descend, to fall; to drop, to lower
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜不自胜 xǐ bù zì shèng
- 喜不自禁 xǐ bù zì jīn
- 喜出望外 xǐ chū wàng wài
- 喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù
- 喜极而泣 xǐ jí ér qì
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3). Retrieved 2026-10-22.