| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze / insight / foresight / vision / way of looking at things |   |
| 心得 | xīn dé | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc) / knowledge / insight / understanding / tips / CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4] | |
| 灵感 | líng gǎn | inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor | |
| 见识 | jiàn shi | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth / to experience for oneself / knowledge / experience / insight | |
| 慧眼 | huì yǎn | an all-seeing mind / mental perception / insight / acumen | |
| 洞察力 | dòng chá lì | insight | |
| 见地 | jiàn dì | opinion / view / insight | |
| 洞见 | dòng jiàn | insight / to see clearly | |
| 吸取 | xī qǔ | to absorb / to draw (a lesson, insight etc) / to assimilate | |
| 独具 | dú jù | to have unique (talent, insight etc) | |
| 胆识 | dǎn shí | courage and insight | |
| 洞穿 | dòng chuān | to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into | |
| 茅塞顿开 | máo sè dùn kāi | murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom) / a sudden flash of insight and all is clear | |
| 真知灼见 | zhēn zhī zhuó jiàn | penetrating insight | |
| 才识 | cái shí | ability and insight | |
| 才气过人 | cái qì guò rén | an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen | |
| 才识过人 | cái shí guò rén | an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen | |
| 鉴往知来 | jiàn wǎng zhī lái | to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs) / studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come | |
| 独具只眼 | dú jù zhī yǎn | to see what others fail to see (idiom) / to have exceptional insight | |
| 灼见 | zhuó jiàn | to see clearly / deep insight / profound view | |
| 一闪念 | yī shǎn niàn | sudden idea / flash of insight | |
| 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 | bǎi shèng nán lu:4 dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī | (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes | |
| 兴会 | xìng huì | sudden inspiration / flash of insight / brainwave | |
| 内观 | nèi guān | to introspect / to examine oneself / (Buddhism) vipassana meditation (seeking insight into the true nature of reality) | |
| 猜得透 | cāi de tòu | to have sufficient insight to perceive / to suspect that ... | |
| 修成正果 | xiū chéng zhèng guǒ | to achieve Buddhahood through one's efforts and insight / to obtain a positive outcome after sustained efforts / to come to fruition | |
