大喜过望 dà xǐ guò wàng

DEFINITIONS

  1. overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)

CHARACTERS

大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
过 guò pass, pass through, go across
望 wàng to look at, look forward; to hope, expect