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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 眉开眼笑

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào - brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy
- all smiles

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 - 45,313 51,324

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
méi- eyebrow
- upper margin
kāi- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format
yǎn- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1])
- (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance
- small hole
- (bound form) salient point
- classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]

Other Words Containing 眉开眼笑

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo