米汤洗头，糊涂到顶米湯洗頭，糊塗到頂米湯洗頭，糊塗到頂

washing hair with rice water: muddled to the top

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Describes someone utterly muddle-headed or foolish. Mocking.
Wordplay: 到顶 dào dǐng means both 'reaching the top of the head' and 'reaching the extreme'; 糊涂 hútu suits both the sticky hair and the confused mind.

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Simplified: 米汤洗头，糊涂到顶
Traditional (Taiwan): 米湯洗頭，糊塗到頂
Pinyin: mǐtāng xǐtóu, hútu dàodǐng
Bopomofo: ㄇㄧˇ ㄊㄤㄒㄧˇ ㄊㄡˊ，ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄊㄨㄉㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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