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We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「豁然開悟」, with its usage explained below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「豁然開悟」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

Describes thorough understanding. Same as “sudden enlightenment”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huō rán kāi wù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kut3 yin4 hoi1 ng6

There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.