一頭霧水

to be confused / to be baffled

Characters and words in 一頭霧水

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
one head / a head full of sth / one end (of a stick) / one side / headlong / directly / rapidly / simultaneously
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

= + : Tecumseh (t) is inspecting is depiction in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He's depicted as having a skull (mnemonic symbol for 头) head (头) with two petal leaves (⺀) in the eye holes, and having a robot (大) body.
suffix for nouns
fog / mist / CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]

= + : Willy Walrus (wu) has a special task (务) to fulfill in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). With a vaporizer he is creating a lot of fog (雾) which will slowly form a cloud and result in rain (雨). Willy will collect the rain and vaporize it again. With this experiment he is doing an important contribution in understanding the world's climate system.
surname Shui
water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

= + + 丿 + : Sheldon Shrimp just climbed the Eiffel Tower. He's really thirsty, so he's glad to find a water fountain. After he quenches his thirst, he also finds a snack: A banana is swimming in the water. He never ate a banana before, so he tries a mix of different methods: Putting on a fake beak to pick on the banana, holding it with a finger and peeling it with a crowbar.

Words with 一頭霧水

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