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恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù

恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǎngrándàwù | huang3 ran2 da4 wu4
English translation
to suddenly realize
to suddenly see the light

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Traditional form

恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ
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Etymology of 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù .

huǎng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and guāng represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Phonetic compound

guāng

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄光

Number of Strokes

9

rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with outstretched arms, representing the meaning "big".

Positional decomposition

一人

Number of Strokes

3

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

忄吾

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù

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辛楣 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù dào : zhè shì hōng 小孩子 xiǎo hái zi de 咖啡 kāfēi 方糖 fāng táng ——

" That's coffee candy to cajole children with,'said Hsin - mei , suddenly understanding.

yǐn dào 那个 nà ge 令人震惊 de 消息 xiāoxi shí , xiān shì lèng 后来 hòulái cái 恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù .

I did a double take when I heard the shocking news.

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