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喜形於色

简 喜形于色 · 繁 喜形於色
Mandarin · pinyin xǐ xíng yú sè

Meanings

  1. face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
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Characters in this entry

喜
xǐ · like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
形
xíng · form, shape, appearance
於
yú · yū · in, at, on; interjection alas!
色
sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
于
yú · in, on, at; go to; surname
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3–2–2–4 · xi3 xing2 yu2 se4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hei2 jing4 jyu1 sik1

Cantonese word readings for 喜形於色. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hei2 jing4 jyu1 sik1

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