huò rán kāi lǎng

Traditional: 豁然開朗

豁然开朗 (huò rán kāi lǎng) is a Chinese word meaning “suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing; fig. everything becomes clear at once; to achieve speedy enlightenment”.

Meanings

  1. 1suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing
  2. 2fig. everything becomes clear at once
  3. 3to achieve speedy enlightenment

Characters in 豁然开朗

豁huá · to play Chinese finger-guessing game然rán · correct开kāi · to open (transitive or intransitive)朗lǎng · clear

Related words

开始to begin然后then; after that; afterwards开to open (transitive or intransitive)当然only natural离开to depart; to leave开心to feel happy虽然although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)打开to open突然sudden; abrupt; unexpected开枪to open fire显然clearly; evidently; obviously仍然still; as before; yet

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