混为一谈
hùn wéi yī tán
Pinyin

Definition

混为一谈
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hùn wéi yī tán
  1. to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一些
yī xiē
  1. 1 some
  2. 2 a few
  3. 3 a little
  4. 4 (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一共
yī gòng
  1. 1 altogether
一再
yī zài
  1. 1 repeatedly
一切
yī qiè
  1. 1 everything
  2. 2 every
  3. 3 all
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning
一如既往
yī rú jì wǎng
  1. 1 just as in the past (idiom); as before
  2. 2 continuing as always
一定
yī dìng
  1. 1 surely
  2. 2 certainly
  3. 3 necessarily
  4. 4 fixed
  5. 5 a certain (extent etc)
  6. 6 given
  7. 7 particular
  8. 8 must
一心
yī xīn
  1. 1 wholeheartedly
  2. 2 heart and soul
一手
yī shǒu
  1. 1 a skill
  2. 2 mastery of a trade
  3. 3 by oneself
  4. 4 without outside help
一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

Sample Sentences

你真是太过分了，你们所谓的有着出色背景的精英分子不过也是优越感爆棚的骄傲鬼！而且，物质条件高低和家庭健全不健全怎么能混为一谈呢？谁说物质条件高等于家庭比较健全？
nǐ zhēn shì tài guòfèn le ，nǐmen suǒwèi de yǒu zhe chūsè bèijǐng de jīngyīng fènzǐ bùguò yě shì yōuyuègǎn bàopéng de jiāoàoguǐ ！érqiě ，wùzhì tiáojiàn gāodī hé jiātíng jiànquán bù jiànquán zěnme néng hùnwéiyītán ne ？shéi shuō wùzhì tiáojiàn gāo děngyú jiātíng bǐjiào jiànquán ？
You're really too much. What you refer to as elites with remarkable backgrounds are really just arrogant brats with a superiority complex! Moreover, how can you talk about material wealth and the stability of a family as if they're the same thing? Who says that if you're rich in material things that you'll have a more stable family life?
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对对！难怪很自然地跟咱们的僵尸混为一谈了!
duìduì ！nánguài hěn zìrán de gēn zánmen de jiāngshī hùnwéiyītán le !
Yes! No wonder they're often talked about together with our zombies, Haha!
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你不要把这两个混为一谈。人类吃那些动物已经有成百上千年的历史了，早就习惯了，不一样。人不能为了满足自己的味蕾，什么都吃。好多人就喜欢吃野味，把可爱的动物，还有珍稀动物都变成盘中餐了。我们什么时候能够用和平共存的观念对待动物呢？
nǐ bùyào bǎ zhè liǎng ge hùnwéiyītán 。rénlèi chī nàxiē dòngwù yǐjīng yǒu chéngbǎishàngqiān nián de lìshǐ le ，zǎo jiù xíguàn le ，bù yīyàng 。rén bùnéng wèile mǎnzú zìjǐ de wèilěi ，shénme dōu chī 。hǎo duō rén jiù xǐhuan chī yěwèi ，bǎ kě ài de dòngwù ，háiyǒu zhēnxī dòngwù dōu biànchéng pánzhōngcān le 。wǒmen shénmeshíhòu nénggòu yòng hépínggòngcún de guānniàn duìdài dòngwù ne ？
Don't mix these two things together. Humans have eaten those kinds of animals for thousands of years. We got used to it very early on. But dogs are different. People can't eat everything, just to satisfy our taste buds. A lot of people like to eat game animals. They turn cute and even protected animals into a meal! When will people be able to treat animals in the spirit of respect and mutual coexistence?
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如果说把易经和占卜算命混为一谈的话，其实是歪曲了伏羲他老人家的本意啊。
rúguǒ shuō bǎ Yìjīng hé zhānbǔ suànmìng hùnwéiyītán dehuà ，qíshí shì wāiqū le Fúxī tā lǎorénjiā de běnyì a 。
To confuse the I Ching with divination and fortune telling, is actually a distortion of the founder, Fuxi's original meaning.
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这怎么能混为一谈呢？这是中国的第一次，你作为中国人难道不觉得自豪吗？
zhè zěnme néng hùnwéiyītán ne ？zhè shì Zhōngguó de dì yī cì ，nǐ zuòwéi Zhōngguó rén nándào bù juédé zìháo ma ？
How can you confuse the two things? This is China's first time. Do you mean to say that as a Chinese person you don't feel proud?
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