xǐ chū wàng wài

HSK 7–9

喜出望外 (xǐ chū wàng wài) is a Chinese word meaning “to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events”.

Meanings

  1. 1to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2overjoyed at the turn of events

Characters in 喜出望外

喜xǐ · to be fond of出chū · to go out; to come out望wàng · full moon外wài · outside

Related words

喜欢to like; to be fond of出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)希望to hope出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出去to go out出现to appear外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)另外additional外outside恭喜to congratulate

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