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Chinese
Etymology
From The Ballad of Mulan (《木蘭詩》):
雄兔腳撲朔，雌兔眼迷離。雙兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌？
雄兔脚扑朔，雌兔眼迷离。双兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌？ - From: 6th century, 《木蘭詩》 (The Ballad of Mulan)
- Xióng tù jiǎo pūshuò, cí tù yǎn mílí. Shuāng tù bàng dì zǒu, ān néng biàn wǒ shì xióng cí?
- The buck bounds here and there,
Whilst the doe has narrow eyes.
But when the two rabbits run side by side,
How can you tell the female from the male?
Pronunciation
Idiom
撲朔迷離
- confusing; bewildering