蒙在鼓里

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

lit. kept inside a drum (idiom) / fig. completely in the dark

drizzle / mist

to deceive / to cheat / to hoodwink / to make a wild guess

blind / dim-sighted

Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国[Meng3 gu3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Meng2]

(knocked) unconscious / dazed / stunned

to cover / ignorant / to suffer (misfortune) / to receive (a favor) / to cheat / used as surname

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

old variant of 鼓[gu3]

drum / CL:通[tong4],面[mian4] / to drum / to strike / to rouse / to bulge / to swell

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels