双喜临门

雙喜臨門

shuāngxǐ-línmén

idiom #55,493

Meanings

1 two joyful events at once
2 double blessing on the household

Characters

joy, happy event

door, household

Examples

今年我们家双喜临门：女儿考上大学，儿子结婚了。

Jīnnián wǒmen jiā shuāngxǐlínmén: nǚ'ér kǎoshàng dàxué, érzi jiéhūn le.

This year our family has two happy events: our daughter got into university and our son got married.

升职又添丁，真是双喜临门。

Shēngzhí yòu tiān dīng, zhēnshì shuāngxǐlínmén.

A promotion and a new baby — double joy at the door.

Tips

culture

Pairs with the 囍 (shuāng xǐ, 'double happiness') glyph pasted at weddings. Two overlapping 喜 characters capture the same idea — doubled joy visually and linguistically.

Stroke Order

双 shuāng

喜 xǐ

临 lín

门 mén