浑然不觉

渾然不覺

húnrán-bùjué

idiom

Meanings

1 completely unaware
2 totally oblivious; without the slightest awareness

Characters

(adjective suffix)

to perceive; to be aware

Examples

HSK 5

他专心打游戏，对妈妈进屋浑然不觉。

Tā zhuānxīn dǎ yóuxì, duì māma jìn wū húnrán-bùjué.

Engrossed in his game, he was completely unaware that his mother had come into the room.

HSK 7-9

危险已经逼近，他却浑然不觉。

Wēixiǎn yǐjīng bījìn, tā què húnrán-bùjué.

Danger was already closing in, yet he remained totally oblivious.

Tips

memory

浑然 means 'completely, wholly' (as in 浑然一体 'a perfect whole'). Combined with 不觉 ('not aware'), the sense is 'utterly without awareness' - not just missing it, but absorbed in something else.

usage

Pattern: 对...浑然不觉 - 'totally unaware of X.' Often describes someone absorbed in another activity, missing what's happening around them.

Stroke Order

浑 hún

然 rán

不 bù

觉 jué