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Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「喜不自勝」.

In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「喜不自勝」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.

Sheng: to be able to bear. I like it so much that I can’t control myself. Describes being very happy.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

xǐ bù zì shèng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

hei2 bat1 ji6 sing3

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.