又惊又喜 (yòu jīng yòu xǐ) — to be both surprised and delighted; to experience a pleasant surprise
Definition
A fixed chengyu-like set meaning 'both surprised and delighted at once'. Use it for a pleasant surprise — the surprise and the joy come together, not separately.
verb
to be both surprised and delightedto experience a pleasant surprise
Examples
- ，又惊又喜。Tīng dào hái zi kěn yòng gōng dú shū, zuò fù mǔ de zhēn shì yòu jīng yòu xǐ.Hearing that their child is willing to study hard, the parents are truly both surprised and delighted.
- ，又惊又喜。Èr shí nián qián de jiù zhào piàn tū rán jì lái, wǒ bù jīn yòu jīng yòu xǐ.When a photo from twenty years ago suddenly arrived in the mail, I couldn't help feeling a mix of surprise and joy.
- ，又惊又喜。Tā jìng rán zài bǎi máng zhōng chōu kòng lái fǎng, ràng tā yòu jīng yòu xǐ.He actually took time out of his busy schedule to visit, which left her both surprised and delighted.
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