眉开眼笑眉開眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào — brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
méi (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) yǎn (third tone, dipping) xiào (fourth tone, falling)mei2 kai1 yan3 xiao4
Traditional: 眉開眼笑
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standard
Meanings
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles
Character breakdown
Words containing 开
- 开開kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 开始開始kāishǐ (first tone, high and level)to begin, to start
- 离开離開líkāi (second tone, rising)to leave, to depart from
- 打开打開dǎ (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to open
- 公开公開gōng (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)public
- 开车開車kāi (first tone, high and level) chē (first tone, high and level)to drive a car
- 开发開發kāi (first tone, high and level) fā (first tone, high and level)to exploit (a resource)
- 开放開放kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to bloom
- 展开展開zhǎn (third tone, dipping) kāi (first tone, high and level)to unfold
- 分开分開fēn (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to separate
- 开口開口kāi (first tone, high and level) kǒu (third tone, dipping)to open one's mouth
- 改革开放改革開放gǎi (third tone, dipping) gé (second tone, rising) kāi (first tone, high and level) fàng (fourth tone, falling)to reform and open to the outside world
- 开玩笑開玩笑kāi (first tone, high and level) wán (second tone, rising) xiào (fourth tone, falling)to play a joke
- 召开召開zhào (fourth tone, falling) kāi (first tone, high and level)to convene (a conference or meeting)
- 开会開會kāi (first tone, high and level) huì (fourth tone, falling)to hold a meeting
- 开通開通kāi (first tone, high and level) tōng (first tone, high and level)to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
- 开工開工kāi (first tone, high and level) gōng (first tone, high and level)to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)
- 拉开拉開lā (first tone, high and level) kāi (first tone, high and level)to pull open
Words containing 眼
- 眼yǎn (third tone, dipping)eye
- 眼睛yǎnjing (third tone, dipping)eye, eyes
- 眼前yǎn (third tone, dipping) qián (second tone, rising)before one's eyes
- 眼神yǎn (third tone, dipping) shén (second tone, rising)expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
- 眼泪眼淚yǎn (third tone, dipping) lèi (fourth tone, falling)tears
- 眼镜眼鏡yǎn (third tone, dipping) jìng (fourth tone, falling)spectacles
- 眼里眼裡yǎnli (third tone, dipping)In the eyes
- 眼光yǎn (third tone, dipping) guāng (first tone, high and level)gaze
- 亲眼親眼qīn (first tone, high and level) yǎn (third tone, dipping)with one's own eyes
- 眼下yǎn (third tone, dipping) xià (fourth tone, falling)now
- 眼看yǎn (third tone, dipping) kàn (fourth tone, falling)soon
- 耀眼yào (fourth tone, falling) yǎn (third tone, dipping)to dazzle
- 着眼著眼zhuó (second tone, rising) yǎn (third tone, dipping)to have one's eyes on (a goal)
- 眨眼zhǎ (third tone, dipping) yǎn (third tone, dipping)to blink
- 字眼zì (fourth tone, falling) yǎn (third tone, dipping)wording
- 一眼yī (first tone, high and level) yǎn (third tone, dipping)a glance
- 显眼顯眼xiǎn (third tone, dipping) yǎn (third tone, dipping)conspicuous
- 不起眼bù (fourth tone, falling) qǐ (third tone, dipping) yǎn (third tone, dipping)unremarkable