Definition
猜谜 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to guess a riddle' or, more figuratively, 'to figure out the hidden meaning' of something ambiguous. It splits when inserting measure words, aspect markers, or modifiers: 猜了一个谜 ('guessed a riddle'), 猜不到谜 ('can't guess the riddle'). The second sense appears in contexts like interpreting someone's indirect speech.
v.o.
to guess a riddleto figure out the hidden meaning (of a situation, remark, etc.)
Examples
- ，。Dàjiā cāi le yí gè mèi, dōu cāi bù chūlái.Everyone guessed a riddle, but no one could solve it.
- 猜谜。Wǒ xǐhuan hé péngyou yìqǐ cāi mèi.I like to guess riddles with friends.
- ，猜谜。Tā shuōhuà zǒng shì guǎiwān mòjiǎo, ràng rén yìzhí zài cāi mèi.He always speaks in a roundabout way, making people keep guessing the meaning.
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