| 眉开眼笑 |
méi kāi yǎn xiào |
brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy / all smiles |
| 眉 |
méi |
eyebrow / upper margin |
| 开 |
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, 开尔文 / abbr. for 开本, book format |
| 开眼 |
kāi yǎn |
to open one's eyes / to widen one's horizons |
| 眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
| 笑 |
xiào |
old variant of 笑 |
| 笑 |
xiào |
to laugh; to smile / to laugh at |