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茅塞顿开

máo sè dùn kāi

4-character word Traditional 茅塞頓開

What 茅塞顿开 means

1. murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

The characters in 茅塞顿开

• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 塞sè(bound form) to block; to obstruct
• 顿dùnto stop; to pause; to arrange
• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…

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