Chinese

混為一談

/xu̯ən⁵¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tʰän³⁵/

to equate; to muddle; to confuse one thing for another

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這個詞彙由四個漢字組成：「混」、「為」、「一」與「談」。其中，「混」字含有表示水的「水」作為意義組成部分，並以「昆」作為聲音組成部分，其本義為「湍急的」。

「為」字是「爲」的簡化形式，包含了「又」與「象」兩個組成部分。「一」代表「一」。而「談」字則是由表示說話的「言」作為意義組成部分，並以「炎」作為聲音組成部分；在「炎」字中，包含了「火」作為組成部分。透過這些字組成的結構，表達了將事物混淆並進行討論的意涵。

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characterChinese混 “torrential”
- meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
- soundChinese昆 “together”
characterChinese為 “to do; to accomplish; to take action”
- simplified fromChinese爲
- ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
- ideaChinese象 “elephant (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c mn)”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese談 “to converse; to chat; to discuss; to talk”
- meaningChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
- soundChinese炎 “flame; blaze; rising flame”
  - ideaChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”

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characterChinese混 “torrential”
- meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
- soundChinese昆 “together”
characterChinese為 “to do; to accomplish; to take action”
- simplified fromChinese爲
- ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
- ideaChinese象 “elephant (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c mn)”
characterChinese一 “one”
characterChinese談 “to converse; to chat; to discuss; to talk”
- meaningChinese言 “to say; to speak; to talk”
- soundChinese炎 “flame; blaze; rising flame”
  - ideaChinese火 “fire; flame (Classifier: 把 m; 團／团 m)”