开颜

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kāiyán
  1. to smile
  2. to beam

CEDICT

容颜开朗。形容心情愉快。唐．韩愈〈记梦〉诗：「神官见我开颜笑，前对一人壮非少。」宋．欧阳修〈蓦山溪．新正初破〉词：「天涯情绪，对酒且开颜，春宵短。」也作「启颜」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 开 kāi
  1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
  2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
  3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
  4. to boil
  5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. (directional complement) away; off
  7. carat (gold)
  8. abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 Kāiěrwén
  9. abbr. for 开本 kāiběn, book format
=2 颜 yán
  1. color
  2. face
  3. countenance
=2 颜 yán Japanese variant of 颜 yán

Related entries

哂 shěn
  1. (literary) to smile
  2. to sneer
莞尔 wǎněr (literary) to smile
莞尔一笑 wǎněryīxiào (literary) to smile
她莞尔一笑，动人心魄。

She smiles, very moving.

Source: Tatoeba

解颐 jiěyí
  1. to smile
  2. to laugh
微笑 wēixiào
  1. smile
  2. to smile

classifiers: 個, 絲

邁克微笑了。

Mike smiled.

Source: Tatoeba

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