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眉开眼笑 (méi kāi yǎn xiào) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

眉开眼笑 (méi kāi yǎn xiào) is a Chinese word: beaming with joy. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 眉开眼笑

成语 chéng yǔ idiom

beaming with joy

听到这个好消息,他眉开眼笑。

tīng dào zhè ge hǎo xiāo xi tā méi kāi yǎn xiào

Hearing this good news, he beamed with joy.

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Word breakdown

眉 méi — eyebrow (representing upper facial expression of joy)

开 kāi — to open (describing the spreading of facial features in happiness)

眼 yǎn — eye (representing the eyes expressing joy)

笑 xiào — to smile (describing the smiling/laughing expression)

Structure & writing
1 眉 méi — eyebrow
眉 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 目 mù — eye
目 is a component in 38 characters
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Stroke order

2 开 kāi — to open (something closed, opposite of 关/合)
开 is a component in 5 characters

开 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order

3 眼 yǎn — eye (visual organ of humans and animals)

眼 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

3.1 目 mù — eye
目 is a component in 38 characters
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4 笑 xiào — to smile or laugh with joy

笑 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

4.1 ⺮ zhú — bamboo radical
⺮ is a component in 31 characters
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