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Here’s the idiom 「茅塞頓開」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Maosai: refers to a person who is closed-minded or ignorant; Dun: immediately. My heart seemed to be blocked by straw, but now it is suddenly opened. It describes the situation where one suddenly becomes enlightened and immediately understands a certain truth.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
máo sāi dùn kāi
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maau4 sak1 deun6 hoi1
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