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喜笑颜开

xǐ xiào yán kāidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-bc67b1136a17a02e. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

喜笑顏開 喜笑颜开 [xi3 xiao4 yan2 kai1] /grinning from ear to ear (idiom)/beaming with happiness/

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Other forms in these source records: 喜笑顏開

  • 喜
    xǐ

    to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad

  • 笑
    xiào

    to laugh / to smile / to laugh at

  • 颜
    yán

    color / face / countenance

    Yán

    surname Yan

  • 开
    kāi

    to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on / to put in operation / to operate / to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away / off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.