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) 波澜 波瀾 bō lán billows / great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) syn 大业 大業 dà yè great cause / great undertaking syn 大功 dà gōng great merit / great service syn 厚望 hòu wàng great hopes / great expectations 贤人 賢人 xián rén great person of the past / venerable forebear / the great and the good syn 大吉大利 dà jí dà lì great luck, great profit (idiom) / everything is thriving syn 宏愿 宏願 hóng yuàn great aspiration / great ambition syn 玄孙 玄孫 xuán sūn great-great-grandson 五大湖 wǔ dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes 人多势众 人多勢眾 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers. syn 大有裨益 dà yǒu bì yì bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well 无毒不丈夫 無毒不丈夫 wú dú bù zhàng fu no poison, no great man (idiom) / A great man has to be ruthless. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 高祖父 gāo zǔ fù great-great-grandfather 高祖母 gāo zǔ mǔ great-great-grandmother syn 嚭 pǐ great / great fortune 大勇若怯，大智若愚 dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / the general public may not recognize great talent 大呼拉尔 大呼拉爾 dà hū lā ěr State Great Khural or Great State Assembly, Mongolian parliament 天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom) / the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 显考 顯考 xiǎn kǎo honorific term for one's deceased father / (arch.) great-great-grandfather 赑屃 贔屭 bì xì (literary) (Chinese mythology) creature resembling a turtle with the head of a dragon, said to be capable of bearing great loads, often carved as plinths for steles in former times / (literary) strenuous / exerting great force 精神奕奕 jīng shén yì yì in great spirits / to have great vitality 秘书长大湖区问题特使 秘書長大湖區問題特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Great Lakes Region / Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region 大湖区问题特使 大湖區問題特使 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the Great Lakes Region / Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region 打麻雀运动 打麻雀運動 dǎ má què yùn dòng the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进[Da4 yue4 jin4] aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows 如临大敌 如臨大敵 rú lín dà dí lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom) / fig. cautious / with great preoccupation / with strict precaution syn 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 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 喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy 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 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous syn 重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 大师 大師 dà shī great master / master syn 多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc) / what (a great idea etc) / however (difficult it may be etc) / (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc) / to what extent syn 大众 大眾 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc) syn 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge / great / grand / worthy of the greatest admiration / important (contribution etc) syn 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 超值 chāo zhí to be well worth the money one pays (for it) / to be great value 好不容易 hǎo bù róng yì with great difficulty / very difficult syn 大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望[da4you3-xi1wang4]) / (literary) bumper harvest / abundance syn 