hùn

to mix

to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless

water (氵) + phonetic (昆) = mixing and muddling along

昆 lends the sound hùn (approximately); the water radical carries the meaning, evoking things mixed and muddled like stirred, cloudy water.

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他每天日子,什么事都不认真做。

tā měi tiān hùn rì zi,shén me shì dōu bù rèn zhēn zuò。

He muddles through each day, not doing anything seriously.

你不能一直在这个圈子里,要想清楚自己的未来。

nǐ bù néng yī zhí hùn zài zhè ge quān zi lǐ,yào xiǎng qīng chǔ zì jǐ de wèi lái。

You can't just keep drifting along in this circle; you need to think clearly about your future.

Words with 混

闲混

xián hùn

to loiter

重混

chóng hùn

remix (music)

钢筋混凝土

gāng jīn hùn níng tǔ

reinforced concrete

阿混

ā hùn

(dialect) idler

鬼混

guǐ hùn

to hang around

鱼目混珠

yú mù hùn zhū

to pass off fish eyes for pearls

鱼龙混杂

yú lóng hùn zá

lit. fish and dragons mixed in together (idiom); fig. crooks mixed in with the honest folk

龙蛇混杂

lóng shé hùn zá

lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom)

人车混行

rén chē hún xíng

pedestrian-vehicle mixed use

出来混迟早要还的

chū lái hùn chí zǎo yào huán de

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

含混

hán hùn

vague

小混混

xiǎo hùn hùn

hooligan

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