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蒙在鼓裡

简 蒙在鼓里 · 繁 蒙在鼓裡
Mandarin · pinyin méng zài gǔ lǐ

Meanings

  1. lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
  2. fig. completely in the dark
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Characters in this entry

蒙
méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
在
zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
鼓
gǔ · drum; beat, top, strike; Kangxi radical 207
裡
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里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
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Mandarin tones

2–4–3–3 · meng2 zai4 gu3 li3

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mung4 zoi6 gu2 leoi5

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be kept in the dark

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