欢天喜地

huān tiān xǐ dì

overjoyed; in high spirits

Character by character

欢huān
joy

天tiān
heaven

喜xǐ
happy

地dì
earth

听说姐姐要结婚了，全家人欢天喜地地准备起来。

When they heard my sister was getting married, the whole family set about the preparations in high spirits.

Tone: positive (praise).

Describes the happy bustle of a family or crowd at a festival or celebration; used as an adverbial with 地 or as a predicate.

Learn this in Lesson 42 · HSK 5–6: 婚礼这一天 (The wedding day)

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