兴高采烈 — Chinese idiom
兴高采烈
xìng gāo cǎi liè
Traditional: 興高采烈
Meaning
- happy and excited
- in high spirits
- in great delight
Character by character
- 兴xìngto thrive, to prosper, to flourish
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
- 采cǎito collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck
- 烈lièfiery, violent; ardent, vehement
Idioms sharing a character
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 多难兴邦 duō nàn xīng bāng
- 方兴未已 fāng xīng wèi yǐ
- 方兴未艾 fāng xīng wèi ài
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 百废俱兴 bǎi fèi jù xīng
- 百废待兴 bǎi fèi dài xīng
- 兴利除弊 xīng lì chú bì
- 兴妖作怪 xīng yāo zuò guài
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