浑浑噩噩

渾渾噩噩
húnhún'è'è
idiom #27,909

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 4
Shīyè hòu, tā guò le jǐ gè yuè húnhún'è'è de shēnghuó.
After losing his job, he spent several months living in a muddled stupor.
HSK 7-9
Tā měitiān húnhún'è'è de guòrìzi, háowú mùbiāo.
He drifts through each day in a daze, with no goals whatsoever.

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