一则以喜，一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

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Definitions

  1. 1. happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

Child Words of 一则以喜，一则以忧

一
yī

one

以
yǐ

to use

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

一则
yī zé

on the one hand

喜
xǐ

to be fond of

忧
yōu

to worry