xǐ xiào yán kāi

Traditional: 喜笑顏開

喜笑颜开 (xǐ xiào yán kāi) is a Chinese word meaning “grinning from ear to ear (idiom); beaming with happiness”.

Meanings

  1. 1grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2beaming with happiness

Characters in 喜笑颜开

喜xǐ · to be fond of笑xiào · to laugh; to smile颜yán · color开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)

Related words

喜欢to like; to be fond of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恭喜to congratulate放开to let go

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