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 (abbr.); 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: máosèdùnkāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄙㄜˋ ㄉㄨㄣˋ ㄎㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mausehduennkai
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máosèdùnkai
  - IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵ sɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ twən⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴ sak¹ deon⁶ hoi¹
  - Yale: màauh sāk deuhn hōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴ sak⁷ doen⁶ hoi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴ seg¹ dên⁶ hoi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mäːu̯²¹ sɐk̚⁵ tɵn²² hɔːy̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

茅塞頓開

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

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