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[茅塞頓開] máosèdùnkāi murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear

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        máowū, thatched cottage
        Máo/máo, surname Mao, reeds/rushes
        Dátèmáosī, [達特茅斯], Dartmouth (place name)
        Pǔlìmáosī, Plymouth
        mínglièqiánmáo, to rank among the best
        máokēng, latrine pit/latrine
        chūchūmáolú, [初出茅廬], venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)/young and inexperie...
        máofáng, toilet (rural euphemism)/thatched hut or house
        máosèdùnkāi, [茅塞頓開], murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clea...
        máosi, [茅廁], (dialect) latrine
        
        
        máoshè, cottage/hut
        
        
        máocǎo, sogon grass
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qiánmáo, forward patrol (military) (old)/(fig.) the top ranks
        Pǔcìmáosī, [樸次茅斯], Portsmouth, southern English seaport
        máolú, [茅廬], thatched cottage
        máopéng, thatched shed
        
        
        
        Bóēnmáosī, Bournemouth, UK
        sāngùmáolú, [三顧茅廬], lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage/cf famous episode in the fictiona...

        Sāi/sāi/sài/sè, Serbia/Serbian/abbr. for 塞爾維亞|塞尔维亚[Sāi ěr wéi yà], to stop up/to squeeze in/to s...
        
        
        yàosài, stronghold/fort/fortification
        dǔsè, to clog up/blockage
        Mǎsàzhūsàizhōu, [馬薩諸塞州], Massachusetts, US state
        Sāibāsīdìān, Sebastian (name)
        wāsāi, (slang) wow!/also pr. [wā sēi]
        zǔsè, to block/to clog
        Āisàiébǐyà, [埃塞俄比亞], Ethiopia
        huósāi, piston/valve
        
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        sāichē, [塞車], traffic jam
        Sībīnsè, [斯賓塞], Spencer or Spence (name)
        
        ěrsāi, earplug/earphone
        Bāsàiluónà, [巴塞羅那], Barcelona
        Bùlǔsàiěr, [布魯塞爾], Brussels, capital of Belgium
        Sāiěrwéiyà, [塞爾維亞], Serbia
        
        
        Sāimiùěr, [塞繆爾], Samuel (name)
        
        
        
        tángsè, to muddle through/to fob sb off/to beat around the bush/to dodge
        
        shuānsè, thrombosis
        
        
        Sāizú, Serb nationality/ethnic Serb/Serbs
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        sāizi, cork/plug
        Sàipǔlùsī, Cyprus
        
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        Sàinèijiāěr, [塞內加爾], Senegal
        Sàilālìáng, Sierra Leone
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        píngsāi, bottle cork/bottle stopper
        
        ruǎnmùsāi, [軟木塞], cork
        bìsè, [閉塞], to stop up/to close up/hard to get to/out of the way/inaccessible/unenlightened/...
        
        
        
        
        
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        Àosāiluó, [奧塞羅], Othello, 1604 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
        
        
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        sāiyá, to get food stuck between one's teeth
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        Bāsāiěr, [巴塞爾], Basel, Switzerland
        Dùsāiěrduōfū, [杜塞爾多夫], Düsseldorf (Germany)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        jiāsāir, [加塞兒], to push into a line out of turn/to cut in line/to queue-jump
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        Sāiwéilìyà, [塞維利亞], Sevilla, Spain
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        biānsài, [邊塞], frontier fortress
        
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        Déláisè, [德萊塞], Dreiser (surname)/Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945), American writer
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        Sāiwàntísī, [塞萬提斯], Cervantes/abbr. for 米格爾·德·塞萬提斯·薩維德拉|米格尔·德·塞万提斯·萨维德拉[Mǐ gé ěr · dé · Sāi wàn tí s...
        Ānsāi, Ansai county in Yan'an 延安[Yán ān], Shaanxi
        
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        fūyǎnsèzé, [敷衍塞責], to skimp on the job/to work half-heartedly/not to take the job seriously
        
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        dùn, [頓], to stop/to pause/to arrange/to lay out/to kowtow/to stamp (one's foot)/at once/c...
        Huáshèngdùn, [華盛頓], Washington (name)/George Washington (1732-1799), first US president/Washington, ...
        Bōshìdùn, [波士頓], Boston, capital of Massachusetts
        Mànhādùn, [曼哈頓], Manhattan island/Manhattan borough of New York City
        āndùn, [安頓], to find a place for/to help settle down/to arrange for/undisturbed/peaceful
        Pǔlínsīdùn, [普林斯頓], Princeton, New Jersey
        
        Kèlíndùn, [克林頓], Clinton (name)/Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-20...
        Xiūsīdùn, [休斯頓], Houston
        Wēnsīdùn, [溫斯頓], Winston (name)
        
        Niúdùn/niúdùn, [牛頓], Newton (name)/Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist,...
        
        
        Cháěrsīdùn, [查爾斯頓], Charleston
        tíngdùn, [停頓], to halt/to break off/pause (in speech)
        
        Mǎqídùn, [馬其頓], Macedonia
        Kèláidùn, [克萊頓], Clayton (name)/Crighton (name)
        Xīěrdùn, [希爾頓], Hilton (hotel chain)
        zhěngdùn, [整頓], to tidy up/to reorganize/to consolidate/to rectify
        
        
        Huìlíngdùn, [惠靈頓], Wellington, capital of New Zealand
        Huáshèngdùnzhōu, [華盛頓州], Washington, US State
        
        
        Hànmìěrdùn, [漢密爾頓], Hamilton (name)/Hamilton, capital of Bermuda
        
        
        
        Wòdùn, [沃頓], Wharton (name)
        
        Bóěrdùn, [博爾頓], Bolton (name)
        
        Bùláidùn, [布萊頓], Brighton, town in England
        
        Sītǎndùn, [斯坦頓], Stanton (name)
        dùnwù, [頓悟], a flash of realization/the truth in a flash/a moment of enlightenment (usually B...
        dùnshí, [頓時], immediately/suddenly
        
        
        
·         Qiáozhì·Huáshèngdùn, [喬治·華盛頓], George Washington (1732-1799), first US president
        
        
        
        
        Kǎěrdùn, [卡爾頓], Carleton
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Dàoěrdùn, [道爾頓], Dalton (name)/John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atom...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        Dàidùn, [代頓], Dayton (city in Ohio)
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        Mǐěrdùn, [米爾頓], Milton (name)/John Milton (1608-1674), English republican writer and poet, autho...
        
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        Mànhādùnqū, [曼哈頓區], Manhattan borough of New York City
        Láidùn, [萊頓], Leiden (the Netherlands)
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        Tèlúndùn, [特倫頓], Trenton, capital of New Jersey
        
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        Wēnbùěrdùn, [溫布爾頓], Wimbledon
        
        Hǎidùn, [海頓], Haydn (name)/Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Austrian classical composer
        
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        Yuēhànsīdùn, [約翰斯頓], Johnston, Johnson, Johnstone etc, name
        
        
        
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        Huòdùn, [霍頓], Hotton, Holden, Wharton, Houghton etc (name)
        
        
        
        
·         Màikèěr·Kèláidùn, [邁克爾·克萊頓], Michael Crichton (1942-), US techno-thriller writer, author of Jurassic Park
·         Xīlālǐ·Kèlíndùn, [希拉里·克林頓], Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician
        
        
        
        
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        Méngbādùn, [蒙巴頓], Mountbatten (name, Anglicization of German Battenberg)/Lord Louis Mountbatten, 1...
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        Délèisīdùn, [德累斯頓], Dresden, capital of Saxony 薩克森州|萨克森州[Sà kè sēn zhōu], Germany
        láodùn, [勞頓], (literary) fatigued/wearied
        DùnHé, [頓河], Don River
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        kùndùn, [困頓], fatigued/exhausted/poverty-stricken/in straitened circumstances
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        yìyángdùncuò, [抑揚頓挫], see 頓挫抑揚|顿挫抑扬[dùn cuò yì yáng]
        
        
        
        
        chuíxiōngdùnzú, [捶胸頓足], to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
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        Hāmǐjíduōdùn, [哈米吉多頓], Armageddon (in Revelation 16:6)
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·         Huìtènī·Xiūsīdùn, [惠特妮·休斯頓], Whitney Houston (1963-2012), American singer and actress
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        kāishǐ, [開始], to begin/beginning/to start/initial/CL:個|个[gè]
        kāi, [開], to open/to start/to turn on/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice...
        líkāi, [離開], to depart/to leave
        kāixīn, [開心], to feel happy/to rejoice/to have a great time/to make fun of sb
        dǎkāi, [打開], to open/to show (a ticket)/to turn on/to switch on
        kāiqiāng, [開槍], to open fire/to shoot a gun
        fàngkāi, [放開], to let go/to release
        kāiwánxiào, [開玩笑], to play a joke/to make fun of/to joke
        kāichē, [開車], to drive a car
        zǒukāi, [走開], to leave/to walk away/to beat it/to move aside
        kāimén, [開門], to open a door (lit. and fig.)/to open for business
        fēnkāi, [分開], to separate/to part
        kāichú, [開除], to expel (a member of an organization)/to fire (an employee)
        kāikǒu, [開口], to open one's mouth/to start to talk
        gǔnkāi, [滾開], to boil (of liquid)/boiling hot/Get out!/Go away!/fuck off (rude)
        gōngkāi, [公開], public/to publish/to make public
        kāihuǒ, [開火], to open fire
        jiěkāi, [解開], to untie/to undo/to solve (a mystery)
        kāihuì, [開會], to hold a meeting/to attend a meeting
        kāitóu, [開頭], beginning/to start
        zhǎnkāi, [展開], to unfold/to carry out/to be in full swing/to launch
        kāifàng, [開放], to bloom/to open/to be open (to the public)/to open up (to the outside)/to be op...
        chǎngkāi, [敞開], to open wide/unrestrictedly
        bìkāi, [避開], to avoid/to evade/to keep away from
        kāichǎng, [開場], to begin/to open/to start/beginning of an event
        kāitōng/kāitong, [開通], to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc), o...
        kāipāi, [開拍], to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc)/to start the bidding (auctio...
        zhāngkāi, [張開], to open up/to spread/to extend
        kāifā, [開發], to exploit (a resource)/to open up (for development)/to develop
        kāigōng, [開工], to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation)/to start a construction jo...
        shǎnkāi, [閃開], to get out of the way
        duǒkāi, [躲開], to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc)/to avoid (sb)
        kāitíng, [開庭], to begin a (judicial) court session
        kāiqǐ, [開啟], to open/to start/(computing) to enable
        ràngkāi, [讓開], to get out of the way/to step aside
        kāizhàn, [開戰], to start a war/to make war/to battle against
        
        lākāi, [拉開], to pull open/to pull apart/to space out/to increase
        sōngkāi, [鬆開], to release/to let go/to loosen/to untie/to come loose
        kāidòng, [開動], to start/to set in motion/to move/to march/to dig in (eating)/to tuck in (eating...
        zhàokāi, [召開], to convene (a conference or meeting)/to convoke/to call together
        kāizhāng, [開張], to open a business/first transaction of a business day
        kāiguān, [開關], power switch/gas valve/to open the city (or frontier) gate/to open and close/to ...
        pāokāi, [拋開], to throw out/to get rid of
        
        jiēkāi, [揭開], to uncover/to open
        sànkāi, [散開], to separate/to disperse
        kāiwèi, [開胃], to whet the appetite/appetizing/to amuse oneself at sb's expense/to tease
        nuókāi, [挪開], to move (sth) aside/to step aside/to move over (when sitting on a bench)/to shif...
        kāizhī, [開支], expenditures/expenses/CL:筆|笔[bǐ], 項|项[xiàng]/to spend money/(coll.) to pay wages
        kāiduān, [開端], start/beginning
        kāiyè, [開業], to open a business/to open a practice/open (for business)
        kāichéngbùgōng, [開誠佈公]/[開誠布公], variant of 開誠布公|开诚布公[kāi chéng bù gōng], lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom);...
        tuīkāi, [推開], to push open (a gate etc)/to push away/to reject/to decline
        kāijià, [開價], to quote a price/seller's first offer
        chāikāi, [拆開], to dismantle/to disassemble/to open up (sth sealed)/to unpick
        líbukāi, [離不開], inseparable/inevitably linked to
        lièkāi, [裂開], to split open
        kāixiāo, [開銷], to pay (expenses)/expenses/(old) to dismiss (an employee)
        kāizhǎn, [開展], to launch/to develop/to unfold/(of an exhibition etc) to open
        
        kāixué, [開學], foundation of a University or College/school opening/the start of a new term
        kāichuàng, [開創], to initiate/to start/to found
        kāimùshì, [開幕式], opening ceremony
        kāifàn, [開飯], to serve a meal
        kāikuò, [開闊], wide/open (spaces)/to open up
        kāiménjiànshān, [開門見山], lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idio...
        kāijī, [開機], to start an engine/to boot up (a computer)/to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete/to begin sho...
        kāichǎngbái, [開場白], prologue of play/opening remarks/preamble (of speeches, articles etc)
        kāituō, [開脫], to exculpate/to absolve/to exonerate
        kāihuā, [開花], to bloom/to blossom/to flower/fig. to burst open/to feel happy or elated/new dev...
        kāimù, [開幕], to open (a conference)/to inaugurate
        Kāiluó, [開羅], Cairo, capital of Egypt
        shuǎikāi, [甩開], to shake off/to get rid of
        
        chuánkāi, [傳開], (of news) to spread/to get around
        kāilǎng, [開朗], spacious and well-lit/open and clear/(of character) optimistic/cheerful/carefree
        piēkāi, [撇開], to disregard/to leave aside
        kāipào, [開砲], to open fire
        
        kāichuán, [開船], to set sail
        kāibàn, [開辦], to open/to start (a business etc)/to set up
        kāicǎi, [開採], to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)/to exploit/to mine
        fānkāi, [翻開], to open up
        kāilù, [開路], to open up a path/to make one's way through/to construct a road/(electricity) op...
        bùkěkāijiāo, [不可開交], to be awfully (busy etc)
        gōngkāisài, [公開賽], (sports) open championship/open (as in "the US Open")
        kāifāshāng, [開發商], developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
        
        kāidāo, [開刀], (of a surgeon) to perform an operation/(of a patient) to have an operation/to de...
        KāimànQúndǎo, [開曼群島], Cayman Islands
        kāishè, [開設], to offer (goods or services)/to open (for business etc)
        yìxiǎngtiānkāi, [異想天開], to imagine the wildest thing/to indulge in fantasy
        shèngkāi, [盛開], blooming/in full flower
        xúnkāixīn, [尋開心], to make fun of/to seek diversion
        kāijú, [開局], opening (chess etc)/early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
        kāiqiào, [開竅], to get it straight/to start to understand things properly/enlightenment dawns
        
        
        kāiyǎn, [開演], (of a play, movie etc) to begin
        kāimíng, [開明], enlightened/open-minded/enlightenment
怀         kāihuái, [開懷], to one's heart's content/without restraint
        duànkāi, [斷開], to break/to sever/to turn off (electric switch)
        kāizǒu, [開走], to go (of car, train etc)/to drive off
        kāituò, [開拓], to break new ground (for agriculture)/to open up (a new seam)/to develop (border...
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        kāituòzhě, [開拓者], pioneer
        kāipì, [開闢], to open up/to set up/to establish
        xiānkāi, [掀開], to lift open/to tear open
        kāisài, [開賽], to start a match/the kick-off
        kāiyǎn, [開眼], to open one's eyes/to widen one's horizons
        
        kāidǎo, [開導], to talk sb round/to straighten sth out/to enlighten
        xìnkǒukāihé, [信口開河], to speak without thinking (idiom)/to blurt sth out
        kāishuǐ, [開水], boiled water/boiling water
        kāiwài, [開外], over and above (some amount)/beyond (budget)
        Mǐkāilǎngjīluó, [米開朗基羅], Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Renaissance painter and sculptor
        kāipíngqì, [開瓶器], bottle opener
        kāitiānchuāng, [開天窗], to leave a blank to mark censored area
        wǎngkāiyīmiàn, [網開一面], open the net on one side (idiom); let the caged bird fly/to give one's opponent ...
        bōkāi, [撥開], to push aside/to part/to brush away
        
        kāixiǎochāi, [開小差], to be absent-minded/to desert/to abscond from the army/absent without leave (AWO...
        chàkāi, [岔開], to diverge/to branch off the road/to change (the subject)
        kāihuà, [開化], to become civilized/to be open-minded/(of ice) to thaw
        kāihù, [開戶], to open an account (bank etc)
        kāishì, [開釋], to release (a prisoner)
        bāikāi, [掰開], to pull apart/to pry open with the hands
        
        kāizúmǎlì, [開足馬力], to accelerate at full power (idiom); at full speed/fig. to work as hard as possi...
        chúkāi, [除開], besides/except/to get rid of (sb)/(math.) to divide
        
        kāitiānpìdì, [開天闢地], to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pán gǔ] creat...
        kāipiān, [開篇], start of literary work/opening song of ballad in Tanci style 彈詞|弹词[tán cí]
        kāifàngxìng, [開放性], openness
        kāiyèchē, [開夜車], to burn the midnight oil/to work late into the night
        pīkāi, [劈開], to cleave/to split open/to spread open (fingers, legs)
        kāikè, [開課], school begins/give a course/teach a subject
        kāifángjiān, [開房間], to take a hotel room/to rent a room
        kāiguó, [開國], to found a state/to open a closed country
        kāichūn, [開春], beginning of spring/the lunar New Year
        kāiēn, [開恩], to give a favor (used of Christian God)
        Kāifēng, [開封], Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former pro...
        kāihòumén, [開後門], to open the back door/fig. under the counter/to do a secret or dishonest deal/to...
        Kāipǔdūn, [開普敦], Cape Town (city in South Africa)
        diūkāi, [丟開], to cast or put aside/to forget for a while
        
        huòránkāilǎng, [豁然開朗], suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing/fig. ev...
        Kāiěrwén, [開爾文], Lord Kelvin 1824-1907, British physicist (William Thomson)/Kelvin (temperature s...
        xiǎngkāi, [想開], to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)/to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things/to...
        kāiliè, [開裂], to split open/to dehisce (of fruit or cotton bolls, to split open)
        kāidāngkù, [開襠褲], open-crotch pants (for toddlers)
        kāiwā, [開挖], to dig out/to excavate/to scoop out
        kāifù, [開赴], (of troops) to depart for/to head for
        kāijiān, [開間], alcove/bay in a room/unit of length used for rooms, approx. 3.3 meters
        kāidào, [開道], to clear the way
        chīdekāi, [吃得開], to be popular/to be getting on well/much in demand
        
        kāisīmǐ, [開司米], cashmere (loanword)
        
        kāiménhóng, [開門紅], a good beginning
        bākāi, [扒開], to pry open or apart/to spread (sth) open with both hands
        zuǒyòukāigōng, [左右開弓], lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)/fig. to display ambidexterity/to slap with...
        kāizáo, [開鑿], to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
        kāikuàichē, [開快車], an express train sets off/fig. to work in haste/to rush
        gōngkāihuà, [公開化], to publicize/openness (of government, PRC equivalent of "glasnost")
        
        kāikěn, [開墾], to clear a wild area for cultivation/to put under the plow
        
        
        máosèdùnkāi, [茅塞頓開], murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clea...
        
        kāifāqū, [開發區], development zone
        
        xǐxiàoyánkāi, [喜笑顏開], grinning from ear to ear (idiom)/beaming with happiness
        dòngkāi, [洞開], to be wide open
        kāibá, [開拔], to set out (of troops)/departure/start date (of military expedition)
        
        kāiguō, [開鍋], (of a pot) to boil
        kāilùxiānfēng, [開路先鋒], pioneer/trailbreaker
        zhànkāi, [綻開], to burst forth
        
        kāijù, [開具], to draw up (a document)
        kāixiāng, [開箱], unboxing/to unbox
        kāikuàng, [開礦], to mine/to open a seam
        kāipán, [開盤], to commence trading (stock market)
        kāiqiāng, [開腔], to speak out/to start speaking
        kāihuāng, [開荒], to open up land (for agriculture)
        xiǎngdekāi, [想得開], to not take to heart/to be free of worried thoughts/to adopt a lighthearted pers...
        kāichuàngxìng, [開創性], innovative
        kāipíng, [開屏], (a peacock) spreads its tail
        
绿         kāilǜdēng, [開綠燈], to give the green light/to give the go-ahead
        cuòkāi, [錯開], to stagger (times)
        
        kāishān, [開山], to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)/to open a monastery
        kāishì, [開市], (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading/to make the first transaction...
        
        gōngkāixìn, [公開信], open letter
        
        báikāishuǐ, [白開水], plain boiled water
        xiǎngbukāi, [想不開], cannot figure out/to be unable to take a lighter view/to take things too hard/to...
        
        Lánkāisītè, [蘭開斯特], Lancaster
        
        liāokai, [撩開], to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something/to toss aside
        qíkāidéshèng, [旗開得勝], lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have...
        
        chībukāi, [吃不開], be unpopular/won't work
        
        
        
        Nánkāi, [南開], Nankai district of Tianjin municipality 天津市[Tiān jīn shì]
        kāijiǎng, [開講], to begin a lecture/to start on a story
        
        xiàozhúyánkāi, [笑逐顏開], smile spread across the face (idiom); beaming with pleasure/all smiles/joy writt...
        kāixiǎozào, [開小灶], to give preferential treatment/to give special attention
        tuōkāi, [脫開], to withdraw
        píkāiròuzhàn, [皮開肉綻], flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
        duìkāi, [對開], running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
        
        
        kāipiào, [開票], to open ballot boxes/to count votes/to make out a voucher or invoice etc/to writ...
        bàngōngkāi, [半公開], semiovert/more or less open
        
        kāijīn, [開金], carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
        Kāiyuǎn, [開遠], Kaiyuan county level city in Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, Yunnan
        
        
        jìwǎngkāilái, [繼往開來], to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transitio...
        
        
        tiěshùkāihuā, [鐵樹開花], lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)/a highly improbable or extremely rare occurren...
        Kāipíng, [開平], Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen 江門|江门, Guangdong/Kaiping district of Tangs...
        
        
        
        
        
        kāituòxìng, [開拓性], pioneering/groundbreaking
        
        
        
        kāimùcí, [開幕詞], opening speech (at a conference)
        chóngkāi, [重開], to reopen
        
        
        kāifāng, [開方], to extract a square root
        kāiběn, [開本], book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16开[shí liù kāi] i...
        kāilú, [開爐], to open a furnace/to start up a furnace
        
        
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        kāitáng, [開堂], to open a law court/to set up a mourning hall
        kāijuàn, [開卷], to open a book/open-book (exam)
        
        
        
        biàndìkāihuā, [遍地開花], to blossom everywhere/to spring up all over the place/to flourish on a large sca...
        biékāishēngmiàn, [別開生面], to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path/to break fresh ground
        
        
        kāidàochē, [開倒車], to drive in reverse/fig. to take a backward step/retrogressive/trying to turn th...
        
        
        
        lèkāihuā, [樂開花], to burst with joy
        
        
        
        
        
        
        kāisuǒ, [開鎖], to unlock
        Kāiyáng, [開陽], zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper/Kaiyang county in Guiyang 貴陽|贵阳[Guì yáng], ...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

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