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混为一谈

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4-character word Traditional 混為一談

What 混为一谈 means

1. to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle

The characters in 混为一谈

• 混hùnto mix; to mingle; muddled
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 谈tánto speak; to talk; to converse

Example sentences

• 不要把欲望和爱情混为一谈。
  Bù yào bǎ yùwàng hé àiqíng hùnwéiyītán.
  Don't confuse desire with love.
• 同情心和爱心绝不可混为一谈。
  Tóngqíng xīn hé àixīn juébù kě hùnwéiyītán.
  Never confuse pity with love.
• 你不能将民族主义与法西斯混为一谈。
  Nǐ bù néng jiāng mínzúzhǔyì yǔ fǎxīsī hùnwéiyītán.
  You can't equate nationalism with fascism.
• 轮到我说话时，我不觉地把“标准”和“普通”这两个词混为一谈，后来又说东北的口音是最普通的。
  Lúndào wǒ shuōhuà shí, wǒ bù jiào de bǎ "biāozhǔn " hé "pǔtōng " zhè liǎng gè cí hùnwéiyītán, hòulái yòu shuō dōngběi de kǒuyīn shì zuì pǔtōng de.
  When it comes to my turn to speak, I confuse the words 'standard' and 'common', and end up saying that the north-eastern accent is 'the most common'.