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开心 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blithe adj Showing a careless or casual disregard for something serious.
  • buoyant adjective Able to float; having buoyancy.
  • joyful adj Full of joy; feeling or causing great happiness.
  • joyous adj Full of joy; happy or delightful.
  • lucky adjective Having good fortune; enjoying favourable outcomes without necessarily earning them.
  • merry adj Cheerful and full of high spirits; happy and lively.

Senses

开心 is used for these senses in English:

  • blithe (chiefly, Scotland, elsewhere, _, dated, or, literary) Cheerful, happy.
  • buoyant (figuratively) Lighthearted and lively.
  • joyful Feeling or causing joy.
  • joyous Full of joy; happy.
  • lucky (of people) Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
  • merry Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.

blithe — full definition

  1. adj Showing a careless or casual disregard for something serious.
  2. adj Cheerful and carefree; happy in a light, untroubled way.

buoyant — full definition

  1. adjective Able to float; having buoyancy.
  2. adjective Cheerful, lively, and quick to recover from setbacks.

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