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眉开眼笑 (méi kāi yǎn xiào) – brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom)

méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 眉開眼笑0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
  2. 2all smiles

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眉开眼笑

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眉開眼笑

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

笑

xiào

old variant of 笑

眼

yǎn

eye

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

眼睛

yǎn jing

eye

离开

lí kāi

to depart

眼镜

yǎn jìng

spectacles

笑话

xiào hua

joke

公开

gōng kāi

open

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

开心

kāi xīn

to feel happy

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