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渾渾噩噩

简浑浑噩噩 · 繁渾渾噩噩

Mandarin · pinyin hún hún è è

(idiom) muddleheaded

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噩: è · bad, ill-omened, unlucky
浑: hún · muddy, turbid; blend, merge, mix

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2–2–4–4 · hun2 hun2 e4 e4

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wan6 wan6 ngok6 ngok6

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(ideophonic, literary) solemn and dignified; unaffected and decent
(ideophonic) ignorant and muddleheaded; muddling along; living in a state of naïveté and ignorance

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