高高兴兴 (高高興興)
gāo gāo xìng xìng
Pinyin
Definition
高高兴兴 (高高興興)
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- cheerful and optimistic
- in a good mood
- gaily
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一见高低
- 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
- 2 fig. to cross swords with
- 3 to lock horns
不识高低
- 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己,高高挂起
- 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
- 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Sample Sentences
是啊。婚礼应该高高兴兴,喝醉了多难受。哎,红包要包多少?
Yeah. The wedding should be joyful, getting drunk is really unpleasant. Hey, how much money should we give in the red envelope?
谁说不是呢,像今天,难得聚餐,大家都高高兴兴的,又是他在那里抱怨点的菜不好吃啦,聚餐的地点离家太远啦;然后诉苦说家里和老婆的不愉快啦,小孩功课不好学校老师不会教。
Tell me about it. Like today, we managed to get together to eat for the first time in a while, so everyone was in high spirits, but he was there complaining again that the food that was ordered wasn't nice and that the restaurant we chose was too far from his home; Then he was grumbling about his disagreements with his wife at home, that his kids are bad at doing their homework and that the teachers at their school don't teach well.