渾渾噩噩

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Chinese

ignorant; simple and honest solemn and honest
trad. (渾渾噩噩) 渾渾 噩噩
simp. (浑浑噩噩) 浑浑 噩噩
alternative forms 混混噩噩

Etymology

From Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings) :

虞夏之書渾渾爾，商書灝灝爾，周書噩噩爾。下周者，其書譙乎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
虞夏之书浑浑尔，商书灏灏尔，周书噩噩尔。下周者，其书谯乎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Yang Xiong, Fa Yan (Exemplary Sayings), 9 CE
Yú Xià zhī shū húnhún ěr, Shāng shū hàohào ěr, Zhōu shū è'è ěr. Xià Zhōu zhě, qí shū qiào hū.
The chapters on Shun and Xia are deep and potent, while those on Shang are vast in scope. Those pertaining to Zhou do not flatter, while those on the latter part of Zhou are cutting.

Pronunciation

Idiom

渾渾噩噩

  1. (ideophonic, literary) solemn and dignified; unaffected and decent
  2. (ideophonic) ignorant and muddleheaded; muddling along; living in a state of naïveté and ignorance
    渾渾噩噩過日子／浑浑噩噩过日子  ―  húnhún'è'è guò rìzi  ―  to aimlessly idle one's days away

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