一则以喜，一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

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

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Child Words of 一则以喜，一则以忧

• 一 一 yī: one
• 以 以 yǐ: to use
• 则 则 zé: (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
• 一则 一则 yī zé: on the one hand
• 喜 喜 xǐ: to be fond of
• 忧 忧 yōu: to worry