混淆视听 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to obscure the facts ; to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods

Character by character

• 混hùnmuddy, confused; to mix, to blend; to mingle
• 淆xiáoconfused, mixed up, in disarray
• 视shìto look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard
• 听tīngto hear, to listen; to understand; to obey

Idioms sharing a character

• 混世魔王 hùn shì mó wáng
• 混淆是非 hùn xiáo shì fēi
• 混为一谈 hùn wéi yī tán
• 鱼目混珠 yú mù hùn zhū
• 鱼龙混杂 yú lóng hùn zá
• 龙蛇混杂 lóng shé hùn zá
• 一视同仁 yī shì tóng rén
• 以正视听 yǐ zhèng shì tīng
• 傲视群伦 ào shì qún lún
• 坐视不理 zuò shì bù lǐ

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