浑浑噩噩 (hún hún è è) — muddleheaded, simple-minded, lacking clear purpose or direction

Definition

A vivid reduplicated chengyu meaning mentally hazy and drifting through life without clear goals or purpose — like being 'asleep' in daily life.

bound form
muddleheadedsimple-mindedlacking clear purpose or direction

Examples

  • 浑浑噩噩
    Tā zhěng tiān hún hún è è dì guò rì zi, yì diǎn mù biāo yě méi yǒu.
    He lives muddleheadedly all day, without any goals at all.
  • 浑浑噩噩
    Nián qīng shí bù néng hún hún è è, yào wèi zì jǐ de wèi lái nǔ lì.
    When you're young, you can't be aimless — you have to work for your own future.
  • 浑浑噩噩
    Zì cóng cí zhí yǐ hòu, tā biàn de hún hún è è, shén me dōu bù xiǎng zuò.
    Since quitting his job, he's become muddleheaded and doesn't feel like doing anything.

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