[启蒙 / 啟蒙, qǐ méngㄑㄧˇ ㄇㄥˊ] to impart rudimentary knowledge to beginners; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; enlightened; the Enlightenment; in China, refers esp. to Western learning from the late Qing#15821