| 启示 | qǐ shì | to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson |   |
| 启发 | qǐ fā | to enlighten / to explain (a text etc) / to stimulate (a mental attitude) / enlightenment / revelation / motivation | |
| 开明 | kāi míng | enlightened / open-minded / enlightenment | |
| 菩提 | pú tí | bodhi (Sanskrit) / enlightenment (Buddhism) | |
| 启迪 | qǐ dí | to edify / enlightenment | |
| 启蒙 | qǐ méng | to instruct the young / to initiate / to awake sb from ignorance / to free sb from prejudice or superstition / primer / enlightened / the Enlightenment / Western learning from the late Qing dynasty | |
| 启蒙主义 | Qǐ méng zhǔ yì | Enlightenment (philosophy) | |
| 觉悟 | jué wù | to come to understand / to realize / consciousness / awareness / Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) | |
| 爱河 | ài hé | the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism) | |
| 豁然开朗 | huò rán kāi lǎng | suddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom) / to come to a wide clearing / fig. everything becomes clear at once / to achieve speedy enlightenment | |
| 顿悟 | dùn wù | a flash of realization / the truth in a flash / a moment of enlightenment (usually Buddhist) | |
| 成佛 | chéng fó | to become a Buddha / to attain enlightenment | |
| 开窍 | kāi qiào | to get it straight / to start to understand things properly / enlightenment dawns | |
| 卢梭 | Lú suō | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Enlightenment philosopher | |
| 参悟 | cān wù | to comprehend (the nature of things etc) / to achieve enlightenment | |
| 业障 | yè zhàng | karmic hindrance (Buddhism) / karmic consequences that stand in the way of enlightenment / (term of abuse, especially toward the younger generation) devil spawn / (fig.) money | |
| 伏尔泰 | Fú ěr tài | Voltaire (1694-1778), Enlightenment philosopher | |
| 休谟 | Xiū mó | David Hume (1711-1776), Scottish Enlightenment philosopher | |
| 欲壑难填 | yù hè nán tián | bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment | |
| 百尺竿头 | bǎi chǐ gān tóu | to be at the highest level of enlightenment (Buddhist expression) | |
| 大彻大悟 | dà chè dà wù | to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism) | |
| 福田 | fú tián | field for growing happiness / domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism) | |
| 大日如来 | Dà rì rú lái | Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment | |
| 苦海无边，回头是岸 | kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn | The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved! | |
| 菩提道场 | Pú tí dào chǎng | Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva) | |
| 金刚座 | jīn gāng zuò | Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva) | |
| 殷忧启圣 | yīn yōu qǐ shèng | deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom) / storms make oaks take deeper root | |
| 一人得道，鸡犬升天 | yī rén - dé dào , jī quǎn - shēng tiān | lit. when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit | |
| 鸡犬升天 | jī quǎn - shēng tiān | lit. (when a person attains enlightenment and immortality), even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / fig. (when somebody attains a position of power and influence), their relatives and friends also benefit / (2nd half of the saying 一人得道，雞犬升天|一人得道，鸡犬升天[yi1ren2-de2dao4, ji1quan3-sheng1tian1]) | |
