暗自窃喜
àn​zì​qiè​xǐ

to be secretly pleased

  • created sense approved 暗自窃喜/暗自竊喜 · àn​zì​qiè​xǐ · to be secretly pleased — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    暗自窃喜 / 暗自竊喜

    àn​zì​qiè​xǐ

    to be secretly pleased

    To be happy or delighted in private; to feel a secret joy

    暗自 (literal) → 暗自 · àn​zì · inwardly 窃喜 (literal) → 窃喜/竊喜 · qiè​xǐ · to be secretly delighted

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

    created sense