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) 精光 jīng guāng nothing left (money, food etc) / all finished / bright and shiny / radiant / glorious syn 眉飞色舞 眉飛色舞 méi fēi sè wǔ smiles of exultation / radiant with delight syn 满面春风 滿面春風 mǎn miàn chūn fēng beaming / radiant with happiness syn 春风满面 春風滿面 chūn fēng mǎn miàn pleasantly smiling / radiant with happiness syn 容光焕发 容光煥發 róng guāng huàn fā face glowing (idiom) / looking radiant / all smiles syn 艳如桃李 艷如桃李 yàn rú táo lǐ lit. beautiful as peach and prune / fig. radiant beauty 金碧荧煌 金碧熒煌 jīn bì yíng huáng splendid in green and gold (idiom) / looking radiant 光冲量 光衝量 guāng chōng liàng radiant exposure 煝 mèi be radiant / flaming / drought 燡 yì blazing / radiant 焞 tūn bright / radiant / Taiwan pr. [chun2] 容华绝代 容華絕代 róng huá jué dài to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom) 地暖 dì nuǎn underfloor heating / radiant floor heating 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 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 愉悦 愉悅 yú yuè joyful / cheerful / delighted / joy / delight syn 销魂 銷魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow syn 满腔 滿腔 mǎn qiāng one's heart filled with / full of (joy) syn 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 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 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 喜乐 喜樂 xǐ lè joy 欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom) syn 兴冲冲 興沖沖 xìng chōng chōng full of joy and expectations / animatedly syn 欢声 歡聲 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval 欢天喜地 歡天喜地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits syn 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 心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated syn 喜气洋洋 喜氣洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng full of joy (idiom) / jubilation 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 天伦之乐 天倫之樂 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss 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 欢悦 歡悅 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous syn 否极泰来 否極泰來 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom) syn 悲喜交集 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy 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 其乐不穷 其樂不窮 qí lè bù qióng boundless joy 其乐无穷 其樂無窮 qí lè wú qióng boundless joy syn 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 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 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 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 为善最乐 為善最樂 wéi shàn zuì lè doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom) 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 乐开花 樂開花 lè kāi huā to burst with 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 