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Today, we explore the idiom 「糊裏糊塗」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

The understanding is vague and the truth is not understood. It also describes a state of being unclear in thought.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

hú lǐ hú tú

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

wu4 lei5 wu4 tou4

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