very cheerful
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m ǎ NLI ǎ NCH ū NF ē ng, which means to describe happy mood and smiling face. It comes from the biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym]: full of spring breeze [antonym]: sad face
Idiom usage
She was in a good mood. She went on the quilt in a flurry, smiling all over her face. ——Li Zhun's biography of Li Shuangshuang
The origin of Idioms
In Wenkang's biography of heroes and heroines in Qing Dynasty, Chapter 13: "I saw the imperial envoy come out of the cabin with a headband and a full face."
very cheerful
make friends of the same disposition - fāng yǐ lèi jù
mix the spurious with the genuine - yǐ wěi luàn zhēn
withered trees and rotten stumps - kū niǎo xiǔ zhū
To be spared in the face of difficulties - lín nàn gǒu miǎn
release a tiger to protect oneself -- to bring trouble on oneself while attempting to avoid it with other means - yǐn hǔ zì wèi
advance by an inch but retreat by a foot -- to lose much more than what one gets - jǐn cùn tuì chǐ