Chinese idiom · 成语
喜闻乐见
Meaning
Glad to hear, happy to see; warmly welcomed.
Character by character
Origin and story
Common expressionThis expression balances two ordinary actions, hearing and seeing, with two positive responses, liking and taking pleasure. Together they describe something an audience welcomes or enjoys. It can refer to a story, a performance, or news that people are glad to receive; it does not require them literally to hear and see the same thing at once.
The cited Ministry of Education dictionary establishes this meaning but supplies no founding anecdote or earliest literary passage. A specific originating story is therefore not established here. The expression is best learned as a compact description of welcome reception, rather than attached to an invented ancient scene.
Sources and further reading
In everyday life
这档节目把科学知识讲成大家喜闻乐见的小故事。
This program turns science into short stories that people enjoy.
Often describes content or forms of presentation welcomed by an audience.