喜憂參半
xǐ​yōu​cān​bàn

mixed blessing

  • created sense approved 喜忧参半/喜憂參半 · xǐ​yōu​cān​bàn · mixed blessing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    喜忧参半 / 喜憂參半

    xǐ​yōu​cān​bàn

    mixed blessing

    a mixture of joy and sorrow; having mixed feelings about a about something

    喜 (literal) → 喜 · xǐ · happy 忧 (literal) → 忧/憂 · yōu · worry 参半 (literal) → 参半/參半 · cān​bàn · half-and-half

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense