茅塞顿开
máo​sè​dùn​kāi

suddenly see the light

  • created sense approved 茅塞顿开/茅塞頓開 · máo​sè​dùn​kāi · suddenly see the light — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茅塞顿开 / 茅塞頓開

    máo​sè​dùn​kāi

    suddenly see the light

    to have a sudden flash of insight and understand everything immediately; to be suddenly enlightened after being confused or ignorant

    茅塞 (literal) → 茅塞 · máo​sè · clogged with weeds 顿 (literal) → 顿/頓 · dùn · suddenly 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense