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庆幸 (qìng xìng) — to be glad (that something bad didn't happen); to feel relieved and grateful

Definition

庆幸 (qìngxìng) means feeling glad that a bad outcome was avoided — there's always an implied 'something bad could have happened'. Unlike 开心 (general happiness) or 祝贺/庆祝 (celebrating an event), 庆幸 is relief, not joy or celebration.

verb
to be glad (that something bad didn't happen)to feel relieved and grateful

Examples

  • 庆幸。
    Wǒ qìng xìng zì jǐ dāng shí méi yǒu fàng qì.
    I'm glad I didn't give up back then.
  • 庆幸，。
    qìng xìng De shì, zhè cì dì zhèn méi yǒu zào chéng rén yuán shāng wáng.
    Fortunately, this earthquake caused no casualties.
  • 庆幸。
    Tā qìng xìng zì jǐ jí shí gǎn shàng le zuì hòu yì bān chē.
    He was glad that he caught the last bus just in time.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

庆qìngcelebrate
幸xìnggood fortune

庆 expresses celebration and 幸 refers to good fortune, so 庆幸 means to be glad about a fortunate outcome.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 慶; 庆 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 庆 comes from the traditional 慶, which pairs 廌, drawn as an antelope, with 心, a heart; the heart part showed goodness or blessing, and obtaining such a beautiful animal was worth celebrating.

Open 庆 →

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Open 幸 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Emotions & Feelings

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