高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 快乐 快樂 kuài lè happy / joyful syn 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 愉快 yú kuài cheerful / cheerily / delightful / pleasant / pleasantly / pleasing / happy / delighted syn 幸福 xìng fú happiness / happy / blessed syn 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 生涯 shēng yá career / life (way in which sb lives) / period of one's life syn 欢乐 歡樂 huān lè gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay syn 甜蜜 tián mì sweet / happy syn 甜美 tián měi sweet / pleasant / happy syn 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever / eternal life / all one's life 活命 huó mìng life / to survive / to save a life / to scrape a living syn 快活 kuài huo happy / cheerful syn 喜悦 喜悅 xǐ yuè happy / joyous syn 死活 sǐ huó life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me syn 美满 美滿 měi mǎn happy / blissful syn 享乐 享樂 xiǎng lè to enjoy life / pleasures of life syn 欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy / joyous / delighted / to like / to be fond of syn 救生 jiù shēng to save a life / life-saving syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 生平 shēng píng life (a person's whole life) / in one's entire life syn 心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do syn 寿命 壽命 shòu mìng life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine) syn 欣喜 xīn xǐ happy syn 顺心 順心 shùn xīn happy / satisfactory syn 过得去 過得去 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening) / fig. can get by (in life) / tolerably well / not too bad / How are you getting by? / How's life? syn 救生衣 jiù shēng yī life jacket / life vest 欢愉 歡愉 huān yú happy / joyous / delighted syn 乐土 樂土 lè tǔ happy place / paradise / haven syn 可喜 kě xǐ making one happy / gratifying / heartening syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 死去活来 死去活來 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life syn 舒畅 舒暢 shū chàng happy / entirely free from worry syn 奇遇 qí yù happy encounter / fortuitous meeting / adventure 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn 舒心 shū xīn comfortable / happy syn 宽心 寬心 kuān xīn relieved / comforted / to relieve anxieties / at ease / relaxed / reassuring / happy syn 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life syn 救生圈 jiù shēng quān life buoy / life belt / (jocular) flab / spare tire 口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food 福分 fú fen one's happy lot / good fortune syn 起居 qǐ jū everyday life / regular pattern of life syn 和乐 和樂 hé lè harmonious and happy syn 安于现状 安於現狀 ān yú xiàn zhuàng to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo syn 贪生怕死 貪生怕死 tān shēng pà sǐ greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom) / craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck syn 怡然自得 yí rán zì dé happy and content (idiom) syn 乐天 樂天 lè tiān carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic syn 延年益寿 延年益壽 yán nián yì shòu to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life syn 融融 róng róng in harmony / happy / warm relations syn 可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom) / fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic syn 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 福地 fú dì happy land / paradise syn 康乐 康樂 kāng lè peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation syn 美滋滋 měi zī zī very happy / elated syn 欢娱 歡娛 huān yú to amuse / to divert / happy / joyful / pleasure / amusement syn 喜滋滋 xǐ zī zī pleased / happy syn 欢悦 歡悅 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous syn 忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 嘻嘻 xī xī hee hee / happy 生日快乐 生日快樂 shēng rì kuài lè Happy birthday 喜色 xǐ sè happy expression / cheerful look syn 怡然 yí rán happy / joyful syn 欢畅 歡暢 huān chàng happy / cheerful / jubilant syn 喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) 白活 bái huó to waste one's life / to fail to make the most of one's life 强颜欢笑 強顏歡笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile syn 欢乐时光 歡樂時光 huān lè shí guāng happy time / happy hour (in bars etc) 好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give syn 百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) 快乐大本营 快樂大本營 kuài lè dà běn yíng Happy Camp (PRC TV series) 闲居 閑居 xián jū to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life syn 乐滋滋 樂滋滋 lè zī zī (coll.) contented / happy syn 新禧 xīn xǐ Happy New Year! 可巧 kě qiǎo by happy coincidence syn 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 跑马地 跑馬地 pǎo mǎ dì Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong) 祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn 乐 樂 lè happy / cheerful / to laugh syn 喜 xǐ to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 欣 xīn happy syn 快快乐乐 快快樂樂 kuài kuài lè lè happy syn 乐天派 樂天派 lè tiān pài happy-go-lucky people / optimists 豫 yù happy / carefree / at one's ease / variant of 預|预[yu4] / old variant of 與|与[yu4] 忻 xīn happy 哿 gě excellent / happy / well-being 䜣 訢 xīn pleased / delighted / happy / variant of 欣 邴 bǐng ancient city name / happy 忭 biàn (literary) happy / delighted 生活 shēng huó to live / life / livelihood syn 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature (CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]) syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 命 mìng life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc syn 日子 rì zi day / a (calendar) date / days of one's life syn 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me! syn 难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad / to feel unwell / (of life) to be difficult syn