恍
然
大
悟

To suddenly realize in Chinese: 恍然大悟 (huǎng rán dà wù)

huǎng rán dà wù

to suddenly realize

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to suddenly realize
  2. 2to suddenly see the light

Stroke order

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恍
然
大
悟

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ㄏㄨㄤˇ

huǎng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄖㄢˊ

rán

ㄖ/ rㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨˋ

wù

ㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 听了他的话，我才恍然大悟。

    tīng le tā de huà， wǒ cái huǎng rán dà wù。

    Only after hearing his words did I suddenly understand.

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Related words

大

dà

big

大家

dà jiā

everyone

当然

dāng rán

only natural

然后

rán hòu

then

虽然

suī rán

although

突然

tū rán

sudden

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

果然

guǒ rán

really

忽然

hū rán

suddenly

既然

jì rán

since

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