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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 笑逐颜开

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
笑逐颜开 xiào zhú yán kāi - smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure
- all smiles
- joy written across one's face

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
- - 56,992 51,643 49,620

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiào- to laugh; to smile
- to laugh at
xiào- old variant of 笑[xiao4]
zhú- (bound form) to pursue
- to chase away
- individually
- one by one
yán- surname Yan
yán- color
- face
- countenance
yán- Japanese variant of 顏|颜[yan2]
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

Other Words Containing 笑逐颜开

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
笑逐颜开 - - 56,992 51,643 49,620