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顿开茅塞
dùn​kāi​máo​sè

to suddenly see the light

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 顿 頓 dùn
    suddenly
    suddenly; immediately; at once
  2. 开 開 kāi verbparticle
    to open
    to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open
  3. 茅塞 máo​sè
    clogged with weeds
    (bound form) refers to a mountain path being blocked by wild grass, used metaphorically to describe a mind that is ignorant or closed to reasoning