想开 meaning in English

xiǎngkāi

to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things

Traditional 想開17 strokes

Meaning of 想开

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xiǎngkāi
  1. to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
  2. to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things
  3. to accept the situation and move on

想开 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ想xiǎng开kāi车chē。
I want to drive.
我wǒ想xiǎng开kāi个gè储chǔ蓄xù帐zhàng户hù。
I'd like to open a savings account.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

想 xiǎng · to think · 13 strokes

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开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 想开.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
想法xiǎngfǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)
想到xiǎngdàoto think of; to call to mind
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
想起xiǎngqǐto recall; to think of
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
理想lǐxiǎngan ideal; a dream

Questions about 想开

What does 想开 mean?

想开 (xiǎngkāi) means "to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things".

How do you write 想开?

想开 is made of 2 characters: 想 (13 strokes), 开 (4 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

How is 想开 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 想开 is written 想開.