幡然 [
fān rán]
(change) quickly and completely
- 在参加领导研讨会一个星期之后,他们已经幡然改变。
After one week of this leadership seminar, they were completely transformed. - 但是现在他们已经幡然醒悟,认识到改革已经刻不容缓(见文章)。
But now they have woken up hung-over, to find that reform can be put off no longer (see article). - 就在前不久,中国的领导人似乎幡然醒悟,意识到这一问题的严重性。
And just the other day, it seems, China's leaders woke up and realized that they had a problem.