少女露笑臉，婚事半成全 shào nǚ lù xiào liǎn ， hūn shì bàn chéng quán

If girl smiles, marriage likely; sign of success

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
少 shào HSK 1
few; less; to lack
女 nǚ HSK 1
female; woman; daughter
露 lù HSK 6
to show; to reveal; to expose
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
臉 liǎn
face
婚 hūn HSK 3
marriage; wedding; to marry
事 shì HSK 2
matter; thing; affair
半 bàn HSK 3
half; (after a number) and a half; semi-
成 chéng HSK 3
to become; to succeed; to complete
全 quán HSK 4
all; whole; entire