兴高采烈 (xìng gāo cǎi liè)

Character breakdown

• 兴 (Xīng) · 6 strokes

  Depicts four hands (舁) working together (同) to raise something. The simplified character 兴 was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character 興.

• 高 (Gāo) · 10 strokes

  Pictograph of a tall building. Similar to 京.

• 采 (cǎi) · 8 strokes

  Pictograph of a hand (爫) picking fruit from a tree (木).

• 烈 (liè) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.

Usage

孩子们兴高采烈地去春游。

happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight

hái zi men xìng gāo cǎi liè dì qù chūn yóu 。