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Open the tool →鹊笑鸠舞 (què xiào jiū wǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “used as a felicitous expression”.
鹊笑鸠舞 is pronounced què xiào jiū wǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鹊笑鸠舞 means “Magpies laugh and turtledoves dance”. It is used to mean “used as a felicitous expression”.
喜鹊欢叫,斑鸠飞舞。旧时用作喜庆的祝辞。