眉开眼笑 meaning in English
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
Meaning of 眉开眼笑
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méikāiyǎnxiào
- brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
- all smiles
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眉 méi · eyebrows · 9 strokes
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开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes
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眼 yǎn · eye · 11 strokes
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笑 xiào · to laugh · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 眉开眼笑.
| 打开 | dǎkāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 开玩笑 | kāi wánxiào | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke |
| 开车 | kāichē | to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok |
| 开会 | kāihuì | to hold or attend a meeting |
| 离开 | líkāi | to depart; to leave |
| 开心 | kāixīn | to feel happy; to rejoice |
| 眼睛 | yǎnjing | eye |
| 走开 | zǒukāi | to leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside |
| 分开 | fēnkāi | to separate; to part |
| 笑话 | xiàohua | joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock |
| 开学 | kāixué | (of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin |
| 开机 | kāijī | to start an engine; to boot up (a computer) |
Questions about 眉开眼笑
What does 眉开眼笑 mean?
眉开眼笑 (méikāi-yǎnxiào) means "brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles".
How do you write 眉开眼笑?
眉开眼笑 is made of 4 characters: 眉 (9 strokes), 开 (4 strokes), 眼 (11 strokes), 笑 (10 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.
Is 眉开眼笑 an HSK word?
Yes. 眉开眼笑 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 眉开眼笑 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 眉开眼笑 is written 眉開眼笑.