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稀里糊涂

xī li hú tu

4-character word Traditional 稀裏糊塗

What 稀里糊涂 means

1. muddleheaded
2. careless

The characters in 稀里糊涂

• 稀xīsparse; scattered; rare; uncommon; diluted; thin; watery
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub

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