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Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「五裏霧中」 and its explanation.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「五裏霧中」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

A metaphor for a state of confusion and ignorance.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

wǔ lǐ wù zhōng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ng5 leui5 mou6 jung1

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