迷魂局 (míhúnjú): (fig.) a confusing trap; a scam…

Measure Word

一个迷魂局 gè

Meanings

1 (fig.) a confusing trap; a scam designed to lead people astray
2 a bewildering set-up meant to deceive

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

这明显是个迷魂局，你别往里钻。

Zhè míngxiǎn shì ge míhúnjú, nǐ bié wǎng lǐ zuān.

This is clearly a con designed to confuse you - don't walk into it.

HSK 7-9

骗子设下迷魂局，把老人的积蓄都骗走了。

Piànzi shè xià míhúnjú, bǎ lǎorén de jīxù dōu piàn zǒu le.

The scammers set up a bewildering trap and swindled the old man's savings away.

Tips

memory

迷魂 = "to bewitch the soul" (the same 迷魂 as 迷魂汤 "magic potion"). A 局 is a set game or trap. Put together: a set-up meant to cloud your judgment.

Stroke Order

迷 mí

魂 hún

局 jú

Related Words

迷魂阵 míhúnzhèn #64,103

a soul-bewildering formation / a trap meant to confuse and ensnare / a scheme designed to lose its victim in the fog

迷魂汤 míhúntāng #89,928

soul-bewitching broth / sweet talk meant to beguile / flattery that clouds the judgment

酒不醉人人自醉，色不迷人人自迷 jiǔ bù zuì rén rén zì zuì, sè bù mí rén rén zì mí

wine doesn't intoxicate people - people intoxicate themselves; lust does not seduce people - people seduce themselves / we are responsible for our own indulgences

迷惑 míhuò HSK 7-9 #5,121

to confuse / to puzzle / to be bewildered

骗局 piànjú #5,493

scam; fraud; swindle

迷失 míshī HSK 7-9 #4,192

to lose (one's way) / to get lost / to lose sight of

迷路 mílù HSK 7-9 #3,430

to get lost / to lose one's way

迷人 mírén HSK 5 #2,281

fascinating; enchanting / charming; captivating

迷 mí HSK 3 #1,863

fan; enthusiast / lost; confused / crazy about

迷惑龙 míhuòlóng

Apatosaurus / a large long-necked sauropod dinosaur (formerly known as Brontosaurus)