great joy among the people
Magpie laughs and dove dances, a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Qu è Xi à Oji à w à, which means magpie cheers and dove flies. Used as a festive message. The source is Yilin.
Analysis of Idioms
Ghost crying
The origin of Idioms
Jiao Yanshou's Yilin of the Han Dynasty, Volume 6: "the magpie laughs and the dove dances, leaving me wine."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate; used as a festive message.
great joy among the people
It's hard to paint a tiger without skin - huà hǔ huà pí nán huà gǔ