Chinese symbol for “overjoyed”
乐不可支
lè bù kě zhī
Traditional: 樂不可支
overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overjoyed is 乐不可支 (lè bù kě zhī), defined as: overjoyed (idiom); as pleased as punch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “overjoyed”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 欢欣鼓舞 (歡欣鼓舞) | huān xīn gǔ wǔ | (idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed |
| 乐颠了馅 (樂顛了餡) | lè diān le xiàn | ecstatic; overjoyed |
| 欣幸 | xīn xìng | delighted; overjoyed |
| 欢欣雀跃 (歡欣雀躍) | huān xīn què yuè | elated; overjoyed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 乐不可支.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 音乐 (音樂) | yīn yuè | music; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn) |
| 快乐 (快樂) | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 娱乐 (娛樂) | yú lè | to entertain; to amuse |
| 俱乐部 (俱樂部) | jù lè bù | (loanword) club (the organization or its premises) |
| 乐团 (樂團) | yuè tuán | band; orchestra |
| 乐观 (樂觀) | lè guān | optimistic; hopeful |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 支持 | zhī chí | to be in favor of; to support |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overjoyed”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.