心花怒放

xīn huā nù fàng

elated; over the moon

Character by character

心xīn
heart

花huā
flowers

怒nù
wildly

放fàng
bloom

听到自己被录取了，她心花怒放。

She was over the moon when she heard she’d been accepted.

Tone: neutral.

怒 here means bursting with force, not angry: the heart’s flowers burst into bloom.

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