悶葫蘆

Chinese

		melancholy; smother; stuffy	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water
trad. (悶葫蘆)		悶	葫蘆
simp. (闷葫芦)		闷	葫芦
Literally: “closed gourd”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mènhúlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mènhúlu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mènhúlů
    • Wade–Giles: mên⁴-hu²-lu⁵
    • Yale: mèn-hú-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mennhwu.lu
    • Palladius: мэньхулу (mɛnʹxulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən⁵¹ xu³⁵ lu³/

Noun

悶葫蘆

1. (figuratively) enigma; complete mystery; taciturn person

   • 但是近來的妥協空氣，反共聲浪，忽又甚囂塵上，又把全國人民打入悶葫蘆裡了。 [MSC, trad.]
     但是近来的妥协空气，反共声浪，忽又甚嚣尘上，又把全国人民打入闷葫芦里了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Dànshì jìnlái de tuǒxié kōngqì, fǎngòng shēnglàng, hū yòu shènxiāochénshàng, yòu bǎ quánguó rénmín dǎrù mènhúlu lǐ le. [Pinyin]

     Of late, however, the dust and din of compromise and anti-communism have once again filled the air, and once again the people are thrown into bewilderment.

Derived terms

• 悶葫蘆罐 / 闷葫芦罐 (mènhúluguàn)
• 打悶葫蘆 / 打闷葫芦