醍醐灌顶 (醍醐灌頂)
tí hú guàn dǐng
Pinyin

Definition

醍醐灌顶 (醍醐灌頂)
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tí hú guàn dǐng
  1. lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom
  2. flawless Buddhist teaching

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灌
guàn
  1. 1 to irrigate
  2. 2 to pour
  3. 3 to install (software)
  4. 4 to record (music)
灌水
guàn shuǐ
  1. 1 to irrigate
  2. 2 to pour water into
  3. 3 to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping)
  4. 4 to cook the books
  5. 5 to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
灌醉
guàn zuì
  1. 1 to fuddle
  2. 2 to befuddle
  3. 3 to inebriate
  4. 4 to get someone drunk
浇灌
jiāo guàn
  1. 1 to water
  2. 2 to irrigate
灌木
guàn mù
  1. 1 bush
  2. 2 shrub

Idioms (1)

醍醐灌顶
tí hú guàn dǐng
  1. 1 lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom); fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom
  2. 2 flawless Buddhist teaching

Sample Sentences

你不考心理咨询师执照真是可惜了，听你开导如沐春风，醍醐灌顶啊！
nǐ bù kǎo xīnlǐ zīxúnshī zhízhào zhēn shì kěxī le ，tīng nǐ kāidǎo rúmùchūnfēng ，tíhúguàndǐng ā ！
It's really a pity that you haven't gone to take the psychiatrist license exam. Hearing your words of advice is so enlightening!
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听完你的话真是醍醐灌顶，受益良多。我还有一个问题，冥想课只有瑜伽语音冥想这一种吗？
tīngwán nǐ de huà zhēn shì tíhúguàndǐng ，shòuyìliángduō 。wǒ háiyǒu yī gè wèntí ，míngxiǎng kè zhǐyǒu yújiā yǔyīn míngxiǎng zhè yī zhǒng ma ？
After hearing what you said, I feel really enlightened and have really benefited. I have one more question, are the mantra meditation classes the only type of mediation classes?
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