庆幸

qìngxìng · HSK 7

rejoice at a good outcome

🎉🍀 庆 celebrate + 幸 luck = celebrating that you got lucky

庆 means celebrate and 幸 means good fortune, the same 幸 in 幸运 (lucky). Stacked together they name the relief of celebrating a lucky turn, so 庆幸 is the glad feeling when a risky situation ends well.

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