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迷惑

míhuò

confused; to confuse

A confused person stands at a crossroads of signposts
Memory picture

Characters in this word

迷 mí

Strokes
9
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 米 rice, millet, grain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

惑 huò

Strokes
12
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
或 or, either, else 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 惑

Example phrases

  • 这份报告故意使用模糊概念,反而使公众更加迷惑。 Zhè fèn bàogào gùyì shǐyòng móhu gàiniàn, fǎn'ér shǐ gōngzhòng gèngjiā míhuò. This report deliberately uses vague concepts, which instead makes the public even more confused.
  • 他的话让我很迷惑,不知道该相信谁。 Tā de huà ràng wǒ hěn míhuò, bù zhīdào gāi xiāngxìn shéi. His words left me confused, not knowing whom to believe.
  • 别被广告上的漂亮话迷惑了,先看看产品本身。 Bié bèi guǎnggào shàng de piàoliang huà míhuò le, xiān kànkan chǎnpǐn běnshēn. Do not be misled by the pretty words in the ad; look at the product itself first.

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