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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 茅塞顿开
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 茅塞顿开 | máo sè dùn kāi | - murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 39,908 | 58,480 | 44,232 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 茅 | máo | - surname Mao |
| 茅 | máo | - reeds - rushes |
| 塞 | sāi | - to plug; to stop up; to stuff in - (bound form) a stopper; a cork |
| 塞 | sài | - (bound form) strategic stronghold |
| 塞 | sè | - (bound form) to block; to obstruct |
| 顿 | dùn | - to stop - to pause - to arrange - to lay out - to kowtow - to stamp (one's foot) - at once - classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal |
| 开 | kāi | - to open (transitive or intransitive) - (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start - to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run - to boil - to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) - (directional complement) away; off - carat (gold) - abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1er3wen2] - abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1ben3], book format |
Other Words Containing 茅塞顿开
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 茅塞顿开 | - | - | 39,908 | 58,480 | 44,232 |