笑逐颜开 — Chinese idiom
笑逐颜开
xiào zhú yán kāi
Traditional: 笑逐顏開
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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