空歡喜
kōng​huān​xǐ

to rejoice too soon

  • created sense approved 空欢喜/空歡喜 · kōng​huān​xǐ · to rejoice too soon — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空欢喜 / 空歡喜

    kōng​huān​xǐ

    to rejoice too soon

    To be happy for nothing; to feel let down because one's hopes or expectations were not met

    空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · in vain 欢喜 (literal) → 欢喜/歡喜 · huān​xǐ · happy

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

    created sense