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瞪
口
呆

Dumbstruck (idiom) in Chinese: 目瞪口呆 (mù dèng kǒu dāi)

mù dèng kǒu dāi

dumbstruck (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied
  2. 2stunned

Stroke order

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目
瞪
口
呆

Zhuyin

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ㄇㄨˋ

mù

ㄇ/ mㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄥˋ

dèng

ㄉ/ dㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄎㄡˇ

kǒu

ㄎ/ kㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

ㄉㄞ

dāi

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 听到这个消息，大家都目瞪口呆。

    tīng dào zhè ge xiāo xī， dà jiā dōu mù dèng kǒu dāi。

    Upon hearing this news, everyone was dumbstruck.

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Related words

口

kǒu

mouth

呆

dāi

foolish

瞪

dèng

to open (one's eyes) wide

节目

jié mù

program

目的

mù dì

purpose

入口

rù kǒu

entrance

出口

chū kǒu

an exit

借口

jiè kǒu

to use as an excuse

进口

jìn kǒu

to import

口味

kǒu wèi

a person's preferences

目标

mù biāo

target

目录

mù lù

catalog

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