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喜出望外

xǐ chū wàng wài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

喜出望外 (xǐ chū wàng wài) means "to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 喜出望外 means

1. to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
2. overjoyed at the turn of events

The characters in 喜出望外

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

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