開hoi1竅hiu3

simp开窍

hoi1 hiu3kāi qiào

English

to get it straight
to start to understand things properly
enlightenment dawns
to begin to understand; to have one's idea straightened out

粵語 — Cantonese

明白咗啲嘢

Examples

先生一講，我就開竅。
I understood and straightened my ideas out as soon as the teacher explained it.
佢咁細個，仲未開竅。慢慢教啦。
He is still too young to understand things very quickly. Be patient and try to teach him step by step.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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