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HSK
to like; to be fond of
HSK 1
to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
HSK 4
a comedy / CL: , 齣|出
HSK 5
nice surprise / to be pleasantly surprised
HSK 6
to congratulate / (interj.) congratulations!
HSK 7-9
happy / joyous
HSK 7-9
jubilation / festive
HSK 7-9
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
happy
HSK 7-9
to attract people's affection / charming / delightful
HSK 7-9
four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜, anger 憤怒|愤怒, sorrow 悲哀 and joy 快樂|快乐
HSK 7-9
radiant with joy
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
Sheraton (hotel chain)
Himalayas
making one happy / gratifying / heartening
happy / joyous / delighted / to like / to be fond of
As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare
to everyone's delight and satisfaction
exultation
joy
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
wedding invitation
ecstasy / rapt
to be expecting / to be with child
good news / glad tidings
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  *喜* | 喜* | *喜
to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
the Himalayas
endearing; charming; likeable
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
quarrelsome but loving couple
hilarity / cheerful atmosphere
crying tears of joy (idiom)
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
double happiness / the combined symmetric character (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
two simultaneous happy events in the family
delighted / with great joy / in high spirits
worthy of celebration / gratifying / Congratulations!
temperamental / moody
May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
to announce good news / to report success
happily
lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom) / fig. seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again
congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
comicality / comical / (Buddhism) joy
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
weddings and funerals
announcement of joyful news / CL: 張|张
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
to laugh / laughter
face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
(Tw) (name) Chelsea
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克
to jump for joy
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples
happy expression / cheerful look
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
to be wild with joy (idiom)
pleased; happy
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
celebratory hanging scroll
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
joyous; delighted; merry
immeasurably self-satisfied
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods
pleased / happy
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
mixed feelings of grief and joy
to congratulate
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子
pleasing; gratifying
tragicomedy
Thank you for your congratulations! / The same to you! (returning a compliment)
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to congratulate
welcome fall of rain / seasonable rain
wedding banquet / congratulatory feast
Xide County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
matron of honor (old)
happy / joyful
(idiom) to clap and dance in joy
fortunately
to be secretly delighted
brown beech mushroom; brown clamshell mushroom; buna-shimeji (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
sukiyaki
heliophile / tending towards the sun / heliotropism
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 海尼根

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