醍醐灌頂 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 醍醐灌顶 tíhúguàndǐng ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ lit. to anoint your head with the purest cream (idiom) fig. to enlighten people with perfect wisdom flawless Buddhist teaching Character by character 醍(tí) 醐(hú) 灌(guàn)irrigate 頂(dǐng)apex A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0