腦洞大開

Chinese

		hole in one's brain which is filled by fanciful imagination; headcanon	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	open; operate (vehicle); start
trad. (腦洞大開)		腦洞	大	開
simp. (脑洞大开)		脑洞	大	开

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǎodòng dàkāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǎodòng dàkāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǎodòng dàkai
    • Wade–Giles: nao³-tung⁴ ta⁴-kʻai¹
    • Yale: nǎu-dùng dà-kāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: naodonq dahkai
    • Palladius: наодун дакай (naodun dakaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵/

Verb

腦洞大開

1. (neologism, slang) to greatly open up one's eyes (said of unusual, weird ideas)

   肯尼迪坐敞篷車——腦洞大開 [MSC, trad.]
   肯尼迪坐敞篷车——脑洞大开 [MSC, simp.]

   Kěnnídí zuò chǎngpéngchē — nǎodòngdàkāi [Pinyin]

   Kennedy in a convertible: a great hole in the head (facetious xiehouyu)