顿开茅塞 dùn kāi máo sè — to have a sudden flash of insight; to be suddenly enlightened

顿开茅塞
dùn kāi máo sè

Characters: 顿 · 开 · 茅 · 塞

Definitions

  1. to have a sudden flash of insight; to be suddenly enlightened

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. see 茅塞頓開|茅塞顿开[mao2 se4 dun4 kai1]

ExtDict

  1. 顿：立刻
  2. 茅塞：喻人思路闭塞或不懂事。比喻思想忽然开窍，立刻明白了某个道理。

Examples

  • 经老师一点拨，他顿开茅塞，难题迎刃而解。

    With one hint from the teacher, he was suddenly enlightened, and the hard problem unraveled at once.

  • 读了这本书，我顿开茅塞，明白了许多道理。

    Reading this book, I had a sudden illumination and understood many things.