Don't confuse desire with love.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
混为一谈
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 混为一谈 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 混为一谈 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Never confuse pity with love.
You can't equate nationalism with fascism.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 混为一谈.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 混为一谈.
Directly before
- 可混为一谈1
- 词混为一谈1
- 法西斯混为一谈1
- 爱情混为一谈1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 混为一谈
What does 混为一谈 mean in Chinese?
混为一谈 (hùnwéiyītán) means to confuse one thing with another (idiom); to muddle.
How do you pronounce 混为一谈?
混为一谈 is pronounced hùnwéiyītán.
Is 混为一谈 an HSK word?
混为一谈 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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