hùn​xiáo HSK7

obscure

混淆 hùn​xiáo
obscure verb
to blur boundaries or facts, often for the purpose of misleading others

His excuses did not clarify the truth; instead, they misled the public.

confuse verb
to fail to distinguish between different items or to mix them up

These two concepts are very similar and are easily confused by beginners.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.28 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.32 per million

Details

HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Sources

Definitions
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