蒙在鼓里

Traditional: 矇在鼓裡

méng zài gǔ lǐ

Dictionary entry

variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]

What does 蒙在鼓里 mean?

蒙在鼓里 (méng zài gǔ lǐ) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]

2lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)

3fig. completely in the dark

Character breakdown

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蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine 在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 鼓gǔold variant of 鼓[gu3]里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]

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