混沌 (hùn dùn) — (noun) primordial chaos, the formless state before creation in Chinese cosmology; (noun) a state of innocence, naivety, or ignorance; (noun) a state of confusion, muddle, or unintelligibility
Definition
Literary noun: 'primordial chaos' (the formless state before creation) or a muddled, confused state. The first sense is the cosmological one from Chinese myth; the others are figurative uses for innocence or unintelligibility.
noun
primordial chaosthe formless state before creation in Chinese cosmologya state of innocencenaivetyor ignorancea state of confusionmuddleor unintelligibility
Examples
- ，混沌。Zhōng guó gǔ dài shén huà rèn wéi, tiān dì wèi fēn zhī qián shì yí piàn hùn dùn.Ancient Chinese mythology holds that before heaven and earth separated, there was a vast primal chaos.
- ，混沌。Zhè hái zi tiān zhēn làn màn, hái chǔ yú yì zhǒng hùn dùn de zhuàng tài.This child is innocent and carefree, still in a state of naive ignorance.
- 混沌，。Tā de jiě shì yuè shuō yuè hùn dùn, dà jiā wán quán tīng bù dǒng.His explanation became more and more muddled, and everyone was completely lost.
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