murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
trad. 茅塞頓開
Also written 茅塞頓開【máo sè dùn kāi】
Characters in this word
4茅
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surname Mao
- Pinyin
- Máo
- Strokes
- 8
塞
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to plug; to stop up; to stuff in, (bound form) a stopper; a cork
- Pinyin
- sāi
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 3512 of 2500
顿
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to stop, to pause, to arrange, to lay out, to kowtow, to stamp (one's foot), at once, classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- Pinyin
- dùn
- Traditional
- 頓
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 3290 of 2500
开
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500