喜出望外
Traditional form:
喜出望外
Pinyin (reading):
xǐchūwàngwài
Definitions:
- to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
- overjoyed at the turn of events
Characters:
- 喜 - to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
- 出 - to go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 望 - to expect, to hope, to look forward to
- 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
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