合不拢嘴

合不攏嘴

hébulǒng zuǐ

phrase #44,396

Meanings

HSK 4

听到这个好消息，妈妈笑得合不拢嘴。

Tīngdào zhège hǎo xiāoxi, māma xiào de hébulǒng zuǐ.

Hearing the good news, Mom grinned from ear to ear.

HSK 6

第一次看到大海，孩子们惊讶得合不拢嘴。

Dìyī cì kàndào dàhǎi, háizimen jīngyà de hébulǒng zuǐ.

Seeing the sea for the first time, the children stood with their mouths hanging open.

grammar

Almost always after a verb and 得: 笑得合不拢嘴 or 乐得合不拢嘴 "too happy to stop grinning". 合不拢 is the "cannot" form of 合拢 "to close".

合 hé

不 bù

拢 lǒng

嘴 zuǐ