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眉开眼笑

méi kāi yǎn xiàoㄇㄟˊ ㄎㄞ ㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

Traditional: 眉開眼笑

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

眉开眼笑 (méi kāi yǎn xiào) means brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles.

Meaning

brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles

Written with AI, waiting for a teacher's review.

Stroke order

9 strokes

eyebrow; upper margin

4 strokes

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

11 strokes

eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

10 strokes

old variant of 笑