浑浑噩噩

渾渾噩噩
húnhúnèè
idiom #27,909

Meanings

  1. 1 muddleheaded
  2. 2 befuddled; confused and ignorant
  3. 3 living in a daze

Examples

Tā měi tiān húnhúnèè de guò rìzi, háo wú mùbiāo.
He drifts through each day in a daze, with no goals whatsoever.
Shīyè hòu, tā guò le jǐ gè yuè húnhúnèè de shēnghuó.
After losing his job, he spent several months living in a muddled stupor.

Tips

memory
(hún) suggests murkiness or confusion (like murky water), and (è) conveys shock or bewilderment. Doubling both creates an intensified image of someone totally lost in a fog.

Stroke Order

hún
è