朦在鼓里
méng​zài​gǔ​lǐ

to be in the dark

  • created sense approved 朦在鼓里/朦在鼓裡 · méng​zài​gǔ​lǐ · to be in the dark — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    朦在鼓里 / 朦在鼓裡

    méng​zài​gǔ​lǐ

    to be in the dark

    (idiom) to be kept completely in the dark or left unaware of the truth; literally "kept inside a drum"

    朦 (literal) → 朦 · méng · [bound form] 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 鼓 (literal) → 鼓 · gǔ · drum 里 (bound) → 里/裡 · li · in

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense