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豁然开朗

huò rán kāi lǎngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-84580fd585631038. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

豁然開朗 豁然开朗 [huo4 ran2 kai1 lang3] /suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing/fig. everything becomes clear at once/to achieve speedy enlightenment/

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Other forms in these source records: 豁然開朗

  • 豁
    huá

    to play Chinese finger-guessing game

    huō

    opening / stake all / sacrifice / crack / slit

    huò

    open / clear / liberal-minded / generous / to exempt / to remit

  • 然
    rán

    correct / right / so / thus / like this / -ly

  • 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[Kāi ěr wén] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format

  • 朗
    lǎng

    clear / bright

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.