醍醐灌顶 — Chinese idiom
醍醐灌顶
tí hú guàn dǐng
Traditional: 醍醐灌頂
Meaning
- lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream ; fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom
- flawless Buddhist teaching
Character by character
- 醍tíessential oil of butter
- 醐húthe purest cream
- 灌guànto water, to irrigate; to pour; to flood
- 顶dǐngtop, summit, peak; to carry on the head
Idioms sharing a character
- 戳心灌髓 chuō xīn guàn suǐ
- 冒名顶替 mào míng dǐng tì
- 摩顶放踵 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng
- 灭顶之灾 miè dǐng zhī zāi
- 顶天立地 dǐng tiān lì dì
- 顶礼膜拜 dǐng lǐ mó bài
- 顶门壮户 dǐng mén zhuàng hù
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