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蒙在鼓里

méng zài gǔ lǐ

4-character word Traditional 蒙在鼓裡

What 蒙在鼓里 means

1. lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
2. fig. completely in the dark

Other readings

蒙在鼓里 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• méng zài gǔ lǐvariant of {蒙在鼓里|méng zài gǔ lǐ}

The characters in 蒙在鼓里

• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 里lǐlining; interior; inside

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