Definition

Examples

• 这个部落直到近代才逐渐开化。
  Zhège bùluò zhídào jìndài cái zhújiàn kāi huà.
  This tribe only gradually became civilized in modern times.
• 他通过阅读大量书籍，思想开化了很多。
  Tā tōngguò yuèdú dàliàng shūjí, sīxiǎng kāi huà le hěn duō.
  Through extensive reading, his thinking became much more enlightened.
• 人类的开化是一个漫长的过程。
  Rénlèi de kāi huà shì yī gè màncháng de guòchéng.
  The civilization of humanity is a long process.