憂喜交集

憂喜交集

See also: 忧喜交集

Chinese

		sadness and happiness	to be mixed; to occur simultaneously
trad. (憂喜交集)		憂喜	交集
simp. (忧喜交集)		忧喜	交集

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōuxǐ jiāojí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄐㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yōuxǐ jiāojí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄠ ㄐㄧˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioushii jiaujyi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yousǐ jiaojí
    • IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi³⁵/

Idiom

憂喜交集

1. to not know whether to laugh or cry; to feel both happy and sad; to become filled with a mixture of sadness and joy