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如墮五里霧中
简 如堕五里雾中 · 繁 如墮五里霧中Mandarin · pinyin rú duò wǔ lǐ wù zhōng
Meanings
- as if lost in a thick fog (idiom)
- in a fog
- muddled
- completely unfamiliar with sth
Characters in this entry
- 如
- rú · if, supposing; as if; like, as
- 墮
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- 五
- wǔ · five; surname
- 里
- lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
- 霧
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- 中
- zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
- 堕
- duò · fall, sink, let fall; degenerate
- 雾
- wù · fog, mist, vapor, fine spray
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Mandarin tones
2–4–3–3–4–1 · ru2 duo4 wu3 li3 wu4 zhong1
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jyu4 do6 ng5 lei5 mou6 zung1
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phrase
- (simile) as if lost in a thick fog; utterly mystified
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