xiào zhú yán kāi

Traditional: 笑逐顏開

笑逐颜开 (xiào zhú yán kāi) is a Chinese word meaning “smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure; all smiles; joy written across one's face”.

Meanings

  1. 1smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
  2. 2all smiles
  3. 3joy written across one's face

Characters in 笑逐颜开

笑xiào · to laugh; to smile逐zhú · (bound form) to pursue; to chase; to drive away颜yán · color开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

Related words

开始to begin开to open (transitive or intransitive)离开to depart; to leave笑to laugh; to smile笑old variant of 笑[xiao4]开心to feel happy打开to open玩笑to joke开枪to open fire放开to let go开玩笑to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke开车to drive a car (or train etc)

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