迎頭棒喝 yíngtóubànghè to give a sharp warning Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents yíngtóubànghè to give a sharp warning 迎头 迎頭 yíngtóu adverb head-on Head-on; face-to-face; directly; toward the front (often in the context of catching up or meeting something)棒喝 bànghè to rouse or rebuke to sternly rebuke or give a sharp warning intended to snap someone out of their confusion or wrong waysyíngtóubànghè Zen Buddhist practice 迎头 迎頭 yíngtóu adverb head-on Head-on; face-to-face; directly; toward the front (often in the context of catching up or meeting something)棒喝 bànghè Buddhist awakening practice a Zen Buddhist method of shouting at or hitting a student with a stick to trigger instant enlightenment