蒙在鼓里听打雷，弄不清东南西北矇在鼓裡聽打雷，弄不清東南西北矇在鼓裏聽打雷，弄不清東南西北

wrapped inside a drum, hearing thunder: can't tell north, south, east or west

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning: Describes being disoriented or utterly baffled, with no idea what is going on.

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Simplified: 蒙在鼓里听打雷，弄不清东南西北
Traditional (Taiwan): 矇在鼓裡聽打雷，弄不清東南西北
Traditional (Hong Kong): 矇在鼓裏聽打雷，弄不清東南西北
Pinyin: méngzàigǔlǐ tīng dǎléi, nòngbùqīng dōngnánxīběi
Bopomofo: ㄇㄥˊ ㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄥㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄟˊ，ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥㄉㄨㄥㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄅㄟˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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