心花怒放

Chinese

		the “flower in one's heart” which blossoms when the person is in a good mood	to be in full bloom
trad. (心花怒放)		心花	怒放
simp. ^#(心花怒放)		心花	怒放
alternative forms		心花怒發／心花怒发心花怒開／心花怒开
Literally: “the flower in one's heart is in full bloom”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnhuānùfàng

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄚㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ faa¹ nou⁶ fong³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnhuānùfàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄏㄨㄚㄋㄨˋ ㄈㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinhuanùfàng
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hua¹-nu⁴-fang⁴
  - Yale: syīn-hwā-nù-fàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinhuanuhfanq
  - Palladius: синьхуануфан (sinʹxuanufan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ xu̯ä⁵⁵ nu⁵¹⁻⁵³ fɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sam¹ faa¹ nou⁶ fong³
  - Yale: sām fā nouh fong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ faa¹ nou⁶ fong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ fa¹ nou⁶ fong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ faː⁵⁵ nou̯²² fɔːŋ³³/

Idiom

心花怒放

to burst with joy; to be wild with joy; to be elated; to be extremely happy
- 韋小寶聽得皇帝居然學會了一句「他媽的」，不禁心花怒放，哈哈大笑。 [MSC, trad.]
  韦小宝听得皇帝居然学会了一句「他妈的」，不禁心花怒放，哈哈大笑。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1972, Jin Yong, The Deer and the Cauldron, Chapter 12
  Wéi Xiǎobǎo tīng dé huángdì jūrán xuéhuì le yījù “tāmāde”, bùjìn xīnhuānùfàng, hāhādàxiào. [Pinyin]
  Unexpectedly, Wei Xiaobao heard the emperor had mastered the word "fuck". He couldn't help becoming extremely happy and chortled.

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