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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
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
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
joy
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
wedding invitation
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
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
hilarity / cheerful atmosphere
crying tears of joy (idiom)
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
temperamental / moody
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)
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 jump for joy
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
happy expression / cheerful look
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
pleased; happy
celebratory hanging scroll
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
joyous; delighted; merry
pleased / happy
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子
pleasing; gratifying
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
heliophile / tending towards the sun / heliotropism
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 海尼根
wedding banquet
(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
Himalayas
(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union
happily
likes and dislikes
(ornithology) gregarious
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见, 大快人心, 普天同慶|普天同庆 and 奔走相告
to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married
(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
joyful / happy
77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(bird species of China) Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
bridal veil (covering the face)
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
(neologism c. 2018) to be thrilled to receive; to excitedly take delivery of
musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris
(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover
(ichthyology) gregarious
to beam with joy / in a happy mood
wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride


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