恍然大悟 meaning in English

huǎngrán-dàwù

(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

HSK 7-934 strokes

Meaning of 恍然大悟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

huǎngrándàwù
  1. (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

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恍 huǎng · absent-minded · 9 strokes

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然 rán · certainly · 12 strokes

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大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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悟 wù · to apprehend · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 恍然大悟.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
虽然suīránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority

Questions about 恍然大悟

What does 恍然大悟 mean?

恍然大悟 (huǎngrán-dàwù) means "(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light".

How do you write 恍然大悟?

恍然大悟 is made of 4 characters: 恍 (9 strokes), 然 (12 strokes), 大 (3 strokes), 悟 (10 strokes). That is 34 strokes in total.

Is 恍然大悟 an HSK word?

Yes. 恍然大悟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.