喜笑颜开 — Chinese idiom
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
Traditional: 喜笑顏開
Meaning
- grinning from ear to ear
- beaming with happiness
Character by character
- 喜xǐto love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
- 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
- 颜yánface, facial appearance
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
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
- 喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
- 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
- 喜结良缘 xǐ jié liáng yuán
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