皆大欢喜
jiēdàhuānxǐ
everyone is happy; to everyone's satisfaction
Characters in this word
欢 huān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
喜 xǐ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 壴 drum 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这项妥协方案虽然不完美，却让政府、企业和居民都能皆大欢喜。 Zhè xiàng tuǒxié fāng'àn suīrán bù wánměi, què ràng zhèngfǔ, qǐyè hé jūmín dōu néng jiēdàhuānxǐ. Although this compromise is not perfect, it allows the government, companies, and residents all to come away satisfied.
- 这次分蛋糕，每人一块，皆大欢喜。 Zhè cì fēn dàngāo, měi rén yí kuài, jiēdàhuānxǐ. This time the cake was divided so that everyone got a piece, and everyone was happy.
- 双方各让一步，最后皆大欢喜。 Shuāngfāng gè ràng yí bù, zuìhòu jiēdàhuānxǐ. Both sides gave way a little, and in the end everyone was pleased.
Related words
- 比比皆是 bǐbǐjiēshì to be everywhere; to be found on every side
- 皆 jiē all; every
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of