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朦胧

méng lóng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 朦朧

朦胧 (méng lóng) means "(literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 朦胧 means

1. literary(of moonlight) dim
2. literarymurky; indistinct

The characters in 朦胧

• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 胧lóngused in 朦胧

Words starting with 朦胧

• 朦胧诗méng lóng shīMisty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement

Sounds the same

Read méng lóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蒙茏dense (of foliage)
• 蒙眬(of vision) fuzzy
• 曚昽(literary) (of daylight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct

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