娱乐 娛樂 yú lè to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy syn 乐趣 樂趣 lè qù delight / pleasure / joy syn 快感 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high 愉悦 愉悅 yú yuè joyful / cheerful / delighted / joy / delight syn 漫漫 màn màn long / endless / boundless syn 无穷 無窮 wú qióng endless / boundless / inexhaustible syn 欢心 歡心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy 幸灾乐祸 幸災樂禍 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude syn 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 茫茫 máng máng boundless / vast and obscure syn 销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow syn 无穷无尽 無窮無盡 wú qióng wú jìn endless / boundless / infinite syn 浩瀚 hào hàn vast (of ocean) / boundless syn 满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy) syn 不亦乐乎 不亦樂乎 bù yì lè hū lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely / awfully syn 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 喜怒哀乐 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4] syn 无垠 無垠 wú yín boundless / vast syn 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 漫无边际 漫無邊際 màn wú biān jì extremely vast / boundless / limitless / digressing / discursive / going off on tangents / straying far off topic syn 兴冲冲 興沖沖 xìng chōng chōng full of joy and expectations / animatedly syn 欢天喜地 歡天喜地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits syn 喜气洋洋 喜氣洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng full of joy (idiom) / jubilation syn 笑逐颜开 笑逐顏開 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face syn 喜形于色 喜形於色 xǐ xíng yú sè face light up with delight (idiom) / to beam with joy syn 苍茫 蒼茫 cāng máng boundless / vast / hazy (distant horizon) syn 喜乐 喜樂 xǐ lè joy 功德无量 功德無量 gōng dé wú liàng no end of virtuous achievements (idiom) / boundless beneficence syn 欢悦 歡悅 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous syn 无际 無際 wú jì limitless / boundless syn 磅礴 磅礡 páng bó majestic / boundless / to fill / to pervade syn 海阔天空 海闊天空 hǎi kuò tiān kōng wide sea and sky (idiom) / boundless open vistas / the whole wide world / chatting about everything under the sun syn 欢声 歡聲 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval 眉开眼笑 眉開眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles syn 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported 喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy syn 不穷 不窮 bù qióng endless / boundless / inexhaustible 迷漫 mí màn vast haze / lost in boundless mists syn 否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn 万寿无疆 萬壽無疆 wàn shòu wú jiāng may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom) / long may you live syn 前途无量 前途無量 qián tú wú liàng to have boundless prospects syn 莽 mǎng (bound form) dense growth of grass / (literary) vast / boundless / (bound form) boorish / reckless 无边无际 無邊無際 wú biān wú jì boundless / limitless syn 泱 yāng agitated (wind, cloud) / boundless 悲喜交集 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy syn 苍莽 蒼莽 cāng mǎng boundless syn 莫可名状 莫可名狀 mò kě míng zhuàng indescribable (joy) / inexpressible (pleasure) syn 禧 xǐ joy 谑 謔 xuè joy / to joke / to banter / to tease / to mock / Taiwan pr. [nu:e4] syn 晴空万里 晴空萬里 qíng kōng wàn lǐ a clear and boundless sky syn 乐极生悲 樂極生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong! syn 乐开花 樂開花 lè kāi huā to burst with joy 惊喜若狂 驚喜若狂 jīng xǐ ruò kuáng pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom) / capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure 喜不自胜 喜不自勝 xǐ bù zì shèng unable to contain one's joy (idiom) syn 喜从天降 喜從天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event syn 苦中作乐 苦中作樂 kǔ zhōng zuò lè to find joy in sorrows (idiom) / to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering 为善最乐 為善最樂 wéi shàn zuì lè doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom) 喜则气缓 喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) 浩茫 hào máng boundless / unlimited 溟漭 míng mǎng vast and boundless 无量寿 無量壽 wú liàng shòu boundless life (expression of good wishes) / Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good fortune and wisdom 无限风光在险峰 無限風光在險峰 wú xiàn fēng guāng zài xiǎn fēng The boundless vista is at the perilous peak (proverb) / fig. exhilaration follows a hard-won victory 万丈光芒 萬丈光芒 wàn zhàng guāng máng boundless radiance / splendor 光芒万丈 光芒萬丈 guāng máng - wàn zhàng (idiom) boundless radiance / splendor syn 寥廓 liáo kuò (literary) vast / boundless syn 无穷无尽 無窮無盡 wú qióng - wú jìn (idiom) endless / boundless / infinite syn 无边无际 無邊無際 wú biān - wú jì (idiom) boundless / limitless syn 悰 cóng joy 七情 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations 喜不自禁 xǐ bù zì jīn unable to contain one's joy (idiom) 喜极而泣 喜極而泣 xǐ jí ér qì crying tears of joy (idiom) 喜冲冲 喜衝衝 xǐ chōng chōng to beam with joy / in a happy mood syn 喜跃 喜躍 xǐ yuè to jump for joy 展眉 zhǎn méi to beam with joy / all smiles 意乐 意樂 yì lè joy / happiness 抃悦 抃悅 biàn yuè to clap one's hands in joy 于归之喜 于歸之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman) 齐人之福 齊人之福 qí rén zhī fú lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha 喜感 xǐ gǎn comicality / comical / (Buddhism) joy 幸甚至哉 xìng shèn zhì zāi filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]) 吃别人嚼过的馍不香 吃別人嚼過的饃不香 chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first 喜跃抃舞 喜躍抃舞 xǐ yuè - biàn wǔ (idiom) to clap and dance in joy 抃舞 biàn wǔ (literary) to clap and dance in joy 新婚燕尔 新婚燕爾 xīn hūn - yàn ěr (idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married syn 