Method and device for transmitting expression image

The invention discloses a method and device for transmitting an expression image, and belongs to the field of Internet communication. The method comprises the steps: downloading an expression package from an expression detail webpage, wherein the expression package comprises at least one expression image; obtaining a chat window of a contact person according to the prompt of an instruction when the instruction that a transmitting button in the expression detail webpage is clicked and triggered is detected after the expression package is downloaded; displaying at least one expression image contained in the expression package in an expression display region of the chat window; obtaining an expression image selected by a user in the expression display region of the chat window, and enabling the selected expression image to be transmitted to the contact person. The device comprises a downloading module, an obtaining module, a display module, and a transmitting module. The method and device are simple and quick in expression image transmission, and shorten the time in transmitting the expression image.