一喜一憂

いっきいちゆう

alternating between happiness and anxiety

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Meanings

  1. noun, takes する, intransitive, four-character idiom alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

Its kanji

In sentences

彼かれは一喜一憂いっきいちゆうした。 He fluctuated between hope and despair. #3415885

父ちちの病状びょうじょうは一喜一憂いっきいちゆうです。 My father's condition seems to improve one moment, but the next moment he sinks again. #84795