一则以喜，一则以忧

yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu

Definitions

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

one

to use

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

on the one hand

to be fond of

to worry