心花怒放

xīnhuānùfàng

idiom #38,771

Meanings

Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, tā xīnhuā nùfàng.

Hearing the good news, she was over the moon.

Háizimen yī kànjiàn lǐwù jiù xīnhuā nùfàng.

The kids lit up the moment they saw the presents.

memory

Literal: "the flower of the heart bursts into bloom". 怒放 is the same 怒 as "in full bloom" (百花怒放), not "angry".

history

Recorded in 李宝嘉《文明小史》 (Qing dynasty): an official is so pleased that his "心花怒放".

心 xīn

花 huā

怒 nù

放 fàng