云里雾里 (雲裡霧裡)
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Pinyin
Definition
云里雾里 (雲裡霧裡)
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- amidst the clouds and mist
- (fig.) mystified
- puzzled
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 where?
- 2 somewhere
- 3 anywhere
- 4 wherever
- 5 nowhere (negative answer to question)
- 6 humble expression denying compliment
- 1 lining
- 2 interior
- 3 inside
- 4 internal
- 5 also written 裏|里[lǐ]
- 1 inside
- 2 interior
- 3 also pr. [lǐ mian]
- 1 here
- 1 mouth
- 2 in the mouth
- 3 on one's lips
- 4 speech
- 5 words
Idioms (20)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away
判若云泥
- 1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
- 2 worlds apart
叱咤风云
- 1 lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world
- 2 all-powerful
吃着碗里,看着锅里
- 1 lit. eyeing what's in the pot as one eats from one's bowl (idiom)
- 2 not content with what one already has
- 3 (of men, typically) to have the wandering eye
吞云吐雾
- 1 to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom)
- 2 to blow cigarette or opium smoke