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- to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like)
- Taiwan pr. [hu2]
- to paste; to glue
- blurry; unclear; muddled
- (esp. of food) scorched; burnt
- paste; mush; thick gruel
Trad. 麵糊
- panada; cooked flour paste
- flour paste (used in crafts); batter (used in cooking)
- Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2]
- to paste materials (such as paper, fabric or silk) onto walls or artworks for decoration or preservation
- (old) to seal an examinee's name on the examination paper to prevent fraud
- unambiguous
- unequivocal
- explicit
- prudent
- cautious
- not negligent
- unafraid
- unhesitating
- really good
- extraordinary
Trad. 糊裡糊塗
- confused
- vague
- indistinct
- muddle-headed
- mixed up
- in a daze
Trad. 糊里糊塗
- variant of 糊裡糊塗|糊里糊涂[hu2 li5 hu2 tu2]
Trad. 養家糊口
- (idiom) to provide for one's family
- (of speech) obscure
- unclear
- (of actions) vague
- ineffectual
Trad. 含糊其詞
- to equivocate
- to talk evasively (idiom)
Trad. 一塌糊塗
- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
- complete shambles
- a total mess
- (idiom) badly mangled or mutilated; gruesome
Trad. 爛泥糊不上牆
- see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
Trad. 放著明白裝糊塗
- to pretend not to know (idiom)
Trad. 揣著明白裝糊塗
- to pretend to not know
- to play dumb
Trad. 聰明一世，糊塗一時
- (idiom) even the wisest can have a momentary lapse in judgment; every man has a fool in his sleeve