# 恍然大悟 (huǎngrándàwù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 恍然大悟 (huǎngrándàwù) means “to suddenly realize”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to suddenly realize
- Pinyin: huǎngrándàwù (huang3 ran2 da4 wu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 听了他的解释，大家才恍然大悟。
  Tīng le tā de jiěshì, dàjiā cái huǎngrándàwù.
  Hearing his explanation, everyone suddenly realized the truth.

## Characters

- 恍 (huǎng): in a hazy state of mind; to snap out of that state
- 然 (rán): correct; right
- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- 悟 (wù): to comprehend; to apprehend

https://hanziro.com/word/huang-ran-da-wu-suddenly-realize/

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