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想开

xiǎng kāi

2-character word Traditional 想開

What 想开 means

1. to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
2. to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things
3. to accept the situation and move on

The characters in 想开

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

Example sentences

• 我想开车。
  I want to drive.

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