hú li hú tú

Traditional: 糊裡糊塗

糊里糊涂 (hú li hú tú) is a Chinese word meaning “confused; vague; indistinct”.

Meanings

  1. 1confused
  2. 2vague
  3. 3indistinct
  4. 4muddle-headed
  5. 5mixed up
  6. 6in a daze

Characters in 糊里糊涂

糊hū · to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)里lǐ · lining糊hū · to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)涂tú · to apply (paint etc)

Related words

里lining里li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m里surname Li里variant of 裡|里[li3]这里here这里variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]那里there; that place那里there; that place哪里where?哪里where?里面inside里面variant of 裡面|里面[li3 mian4]

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