{"path":"/entry/75840","title":"皆大欢喜 / 皆大歡喜 (jiē dà huān xǐ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"皆大欢喜 / 皆大歡喜 (jiē dà huān xǐ): to everyone's delight and satisfaction. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":75840,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["皆大欢喜"],"TRADITIONAL":["皆大歡喜"]}},"phonetic":"jiē dà huān xǐ","phoneticKey":"jie1 da4 huan1 xi3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to everyone's delight and satisfaction","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":16171,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Originally a cliché in the endings of many Buddhist sutras. First attested in Chinese in 402 CE, in 《金刚經》 (“Diamond Sutra”), translated by Kumarajiva.","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"Alternatively, from《妙法蓮華經》 (“Lotus Sutra”), Kumarajiva's translated version.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"佛说是经已 […] 一切世间天、人、阿修罗，闻佛所说，皆大欢喜，信受奉行。","traditional":"佛說是經已 […] 一切世間天、人、阿修羅，聞佛所說，皆大歡喜，信受奉行。"},"phonetic":"Fó shuō shì jīng yǐ […] yīqiè shìjiān tiān, rén, āxiūluó, wén fó suǒ shuō, jiē dàhuānxǐ, xìnshòu fèngxíng.","english":"When the Buddha had finished expounding this sutra … all the worlds of devas, men and asuras who had listened to His teaching, were filled with joy and believed, received and observed it.","ref":"The Diamond Sutra, translated by Kumārajīva circa 5ᵗʰ century CE"},{"text":{"simplified":"佛说是经时，普贤等、诸菩萨，舍利弗等、诸声闻，及诸天、龙、人、非人等，一切大会，皆大欢喜，受持佛语，作礼而去。","traditional":"佛說是經時，普賢等、諸菩薩，舍利弗等、諸聲聞，及諸天、龍、人、非人等，一切大會，皆大歡喜，受持佛語，作禮而去。"},"phonetic":"Fó shuō shì jīng shí, pǔxián děng, zhū púsà, shèlìfú děng, zhū shēngwén, jí zhūtiān, lóng, rén, fēirén děng, yīqiè dàhuì, jiē dàhuānxǐ, shòuchí fóyǔ, zuò lǐ ér qù.","english":"When the Buddha preached this sutra, Universal Worthy and the other bodhisattvas, Shariputra and the other voice-hearers, and the heavenly beings and dragons, the human and nonhuman beings—the entire membership of the great assembly were all filled with great joy. Accepting and upholding the words of the Buddha, they bowed in obeisance and departed.","ref":"The Lotus Sūtra, translated by Kumārajīva circa 5ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"},{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}