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Definition(s) for: 蒙在鼓里

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
蒙在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ - variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
蒙在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ - lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
- fig. completely in the dark

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 8,900 41,641 40,211

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
蒙 méng- surname Meng
蒙 měng- Mongol ethnic group
- abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2]
- Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
蒙 mēng- (knocked) unconscious
- dazed
- stunned
蒙 méng- to cover
- ignorant
- to suffer (misfortune)
- to receive (a favor)
- to cheat
蒙 méng- (literary) sincere; honest; genuine
蒙 méng- drizzle
- mist
蒙 mēng- to deceive
- to cheat
- to hoodwink
- to make a wild guess
蒙 méng- blind
- dim-sighted
在 zài- to exist; to be alive
- (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
- (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
鼓 gǔ- drum
- CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
- to drum
- to strike
- to rouse
- to bulge
- to swell
鼓 gǔ- old variant of 鼓[gu3]
里 lǐ- Li (surname)
里 lǐ- li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
- neighborhood
- ancient administrative unit of 25 families
- (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
里 lǐ- variant of 裡|里[li3]
里 lǐ- lining
- interior
- inside
- internal
- also written 裏|里[li3]

Other Words Containing 蒙在鼓里

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
蒙在鼓里 - - 8,900 41,641 40,211