笑逐颜开 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• smile spread across the face ; beaming with pleasure
• all smiles
• joy written across one's face

Character by character

• 笑xiàoto smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker
• 逐zhúto pursue; to expel; step by step
• 颜yánface, facial appearance
• 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin

Idioms sharing a character

• 付之一笑 fù zhī yī xiào
• 似笑非笑 sì xiào fēi xiào
• 哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào
• 哭笑不得 kū xiào bù dé
• 啼笑皆非 tí xiào jiē fēi
• 喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi
• 嫣然一笑 yān rán yī xiào
• 嬉笑怒骂 xī xiào nù mà
• 捧腹大笑 pěng fù dà xiào
• 相视而笑 xiāng shì ér xiào

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