恍然大悟 huǎngrándàwù in a sentence
(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light†
恍然大悟 (huǎngrándàwù) means (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light †. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
听他一解释，我才 恍然大悟 。
Tīng tā yì jiěshì, wǒ cái huǎngrándàwù.
Only when he explained did it suddenly dawn on me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恍然大悟
看到答案，他 恍然大悟 地拍了拍脑袋。
Kàndào dá'àn, tā huǎngrándàwù de pāi le pāi nǎodai.
Seeing the answer, he slapped his forehead as it suddenly clicked.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 恍然大悟
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This page shows 2 sentences using 恍然大悟 (huǎngrándàwù, "(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light †"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
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Is 恍然大悟 an HSK word?
Yes — 恍然大悟 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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