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Learning Chinese is easier with our free resources! This series explains idioms and proverbs, valuable for various situations. Today’s idiom is 「驚喜交集」, with more below.

Discover the idiom 「驚喜交集」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Intersection: Attack together. When two things appear at the same time or happen to the same person at the same time, it is both surprising and joyful.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jīng xǐ jiāo jí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ging1 hei2 gaau1 jaap6

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.