茅塞頓開

Chinese

		thatch	to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in to stuff; to stop up; to squeeze in; strategic pass; piston; unenlightened; Serb (abbrev.); Serbian	a time; jerk; stop a time; jerk; stop; meal; bout; spell; (measure for beating)	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (茅塞頓開)		茅	塞	頓	開
simp. (茅塞顿开)		茅	塞	顿	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máosèdùnkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴ sak¹ deon⁶ hoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máosèdùnkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máosèdùnkai
    • Wade–Giles: mao²-sê⁴-tun⁴-kʻai¹
    • Yale: máu-sè-dwùn-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mausehduennkai
    • Palladius: маосэдунькай (maosɛdunʹkaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tu̯ən⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maau⁴ sak¹ deon⁶ hoi¹
    • Yale: màauh sāk deuhn hōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ sak⁷ doen⁶ hoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ seg¹ dên⁶ hoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹ sɐk̚⁵ tɵn²² hɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

茅塞頓開

1. to be enlightened all of a sudden; to come to the realization all of a sudden