困惑
kùn huò
Pinyin
Definition
困惑
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- bewildered
- perplexed
- confused
- difficult problem
- perplexity
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
人困马乏
- 1 riders tired and horses weary (idiom)
- 2 worn out
- 3 exhausted
- 4 spent
- 5 fatigued
内忧外困
- 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
困兽犹斗
- 1 a cornered beast will still fight (idiom)
- 2 to fight like an animal at bay
大惑不解
- 1 to be at a loss (idiom)
妖言惑众
- 1 to mislead the public with rumors (idiom)
- 2 to delude the people with lies
Sample Sentences
老师,您的专业是词汇学,您也一直强调词汇的重要性,可是我很困惑,根据我自己的学习经验,明明积累了一大堆的单词,语言能力也并没有因此显著提高,很多期刊文章仍然看不懂。
Sir, your specialism is lexicology, and you always underline the importance of lexicon, but I'm confused. According to my own learning experience, I've accumulated a large vocabulary, but my language ability has not improved noticeably as a result. There are still a lot of journal articles that I can't understand.
你的困惑也是大部分学习者的困惑,这么说吧,在学习一门语言之前,真正理解词汇在语言当中的地位是很重要的,它甚至可以完全改变你对语言学习的理解和看法。
Your confusion is a confusion for a majority of students too. Put it this way. Before learning a language, really understanding the role of words in language is very important. It can even completely change your understanding and view of language.
可是我对自己的身份很困惑。在这儿,大家都把我当成中国人,这让我很有压力。其实我的很多想法和做法都美国化了,所以从这方面来说,我并不是一个中国人。
But I feel confused about my own identity. Here, everyone treats me like a Chinese person, and that gives me a lot of pressure. In reality, a lot of my ideas and habits are very American, so in that regard I’m really not Chinese at all.