瞎
blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose
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Dict coverage rank #1,897 U+778E
How 瞎 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
visionless · Heisig RSH #2590
eyeball + 害 harm
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 瞎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑瞎子岛 | Hēi xiā zi Dǎo | Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River o… |
| 黑灯瞎火 | hēi dēng xiā huǒ | pitch dark |
| 黑瞎子 | hēi xiā zi | black bear |
| 老天爷饿不死瞎家雀 | lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què | lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope; if you toug… |
| 瞎编乱造 | xiā biān luàn zào | random lies and falsehoods |
| 瞎子 | xiā zi | blind person |
| 瞎猫碰上死耗子 | xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi | a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck |
| 白瞎 | bái xiā | (dialect) to waste (effort, money etc) |
| 瞎子摸象 | xiā zi mō xiàng | blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 j… |
| 瞎眼 | xiā yǎn | to be blind |
| 瞎说 | xiā shuō | to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know… |
| 瞎话 | xiā huà | untruth; lie |
| 熊瞎子 | xióng xiā zi | bear; bruin |
| 睁眼说瞎话 | zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà | to tell a barefaced lie; to lie through one's teeth |
| 睁着眼睛说瞎话 | zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà | (idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel |
| 瞎指挥 | xiā zhǐ huī | to give nonsensical instructions; to issue orders out of ignorance |
| 瞎扯蛋 | xiā chě dàn | to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense |
| 眼瞎耳聋 | yǎn xiā ěr lóng | to be deaf and blind (idiom) |
| 瞎编 | xiā biān | to fabricate (a story) |
| 瞎混 | xiā hùn | to muddle along; to live aimlessly |