"Happiness" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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幸福 xìng fú happiness / happy / blessed
欢悦 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous
喜 xǐ to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
福 fú good fortune / happiness / luck
意乐 yì lè joy / happiness
喜怒哀乐 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]
安乐 ān lè peace and happiness
极乐 jí lè bliss / extreme happiness
康乐 Kāng lè peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation
祸福 huò fú disaster and happiness
花好月圆 huā hǎo yuè yuán lit. lovely flowers, round moon (idiom) / fig. everything is wonderful / perfect happiness / conjugal bliss
福寿 fú shòu happiness and longevity
破涕为笑 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness
双喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 / (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
喜笑颜开 xǐ xiào yán kāi grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
满面春风 mǎn miàn chūn fēng beaming / radiant with happiness
好事多磨 hǎo shì duō mó the road to happiness is strewn with setbacks (idiom)
春风满面 chūn fēng mǎn miàn pleasantly smiling / radiant with happiness
宴乐 yàn lè peace and happiness / feasting / making merry
歌舞升平 gē wǔ shēng píng lit. to celebrate peace with songs and dance (idiom) / fig. to make a show of happiness and prosperity
福如东海 fú rú Dōng Hǎi may your happiness be as immense as the East Sea (idiom)
饮水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
祸福无常 huò fú wú cháng disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom) / future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
买笑追欢 mǎi xiào zhuī huān lit. to buy smiles to seek happiness / abandon oneself to the pleasures of the flesh (idiom)
转悲为喜 zhuǎn bēi wéi xǐ to turn grief into happiness (idiom)
长乐未央 cháng lè wèi yāng endless happiness (idiom)
福田 fú tián field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
合不拢嘴 hé bù lǒng zuǐ unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked
囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
今昔对比 jīn xī duì bǐ to contrast past suffering with present happiness (idiom)
冥福 míng fú afterlife happiness
另觅新欢 lìng mì xīn huān to seek happiness elsewhere (euphemism for extramarital sex) / a bit on the side
多子多福 duō zǐ duō fú the more sons, the more happiness (idiom)
欿然 kǎn rán dissatisfied / discontented / lacking happiness
潭祉 tán zhǐ great happiness
祉禄 zhǐ lù happiness and wealth
绕膝承欢 rào xī chéng huān to live with one's parents, thus bringing them happiness (idiom)
遐祉 xiá zhǐ lasting blessings / lasting happiness
遐福 xiá fú great and lasting happiness / lasting blessings
金钱不能买来幸福 jīn qián bù néng mǎi lái xìng fú money can't buy happiness
饮流怀源 yǐn liú huái yuán lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) / gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
喜饼 xǐ bǐng double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
离苦得乐 lí kǔ dé lè to abandon suffering and obtain happiness (Buddhism)
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