眉
开
眼
笑

Brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) in Chinese: 眉开眼笑 (méi kāi yǎn xiào)

méi kāi yǎn xiào

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 眉開眼笑1 example sentence

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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眉
开
眼
笑

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄟˊ

méi

ㄇ/ mㄟ/ eiˊ/ second tone

ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄧㄢˇ

yǎn

ㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄒㄧㄠˋ

xiào

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

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眉开眼笑

Simplified

眉開眼笑

Traditional

Example sentences

See 眉开眼笑 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 听到儿子考上大学，她眉开眼笑。

    tīng dào ér zi kǎo shàng dà xué， tā méi kāi yǎn xiào。

    Hearing that her son got into college, she beamed with joy.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

笑

xiào

to laugh

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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