瞎

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blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation

Components 目害

visionless · Heisig RSH #2590

eyeball + 害 harm

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黑瞎子岛	Hēi xiā zi Dǎo	Bolshoi Ussuriisk Island in the Heilongjiang or Amur river, at mouth of the Ussuri River o…
黑灯瞎火	hēi dēng xiā huǒ	pitch dark
黑瞎子	hēi xiā zi	black bear
老天爷饿不死瞎家雀	lǎo tiān yé è bù sǐ xiā jiā què	lit. heaven won't let the sparrows go hungry (idiom); fig. don't give up hope; if you toug…
瞎编乱造	xiā biān luàn zào	random lies and falsehoods
瞎子	xiā zi	blind person
瞎猫碰上死耗子	xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi	a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom); blind luck
白瞎	bái xiā	(dialect) to waste (effort, money etc)
瞎子摸象	xiā zi mō xiàng	blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經\|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 j…
瞎眼	xiā yǎn	to be blind
瞎说	xiā shuō	to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact; not to know…
瞎话	xiā huà	untruth; lie
熊瞎子	xióng xiā zi	bear; bruin
睁眼说瞎话	zhēng yǎn shuō xiā huà	to tell a barefaced lie; to lie through one's teeth
睁着眼睛说瞎话	zhēng zhe yǎn jīng shuō xiā huà	(idiom) to lie through one's teeth; to talk drivel
瞎指挥	xiā zhǐ huī	to give nonsensical instructions; to issue orders out of ignorance
瞎扯蛋	xiā chě dàn	to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense
眼瞎耳聋	yǎn xiā ěr lóng	to be deaf and blind (idiom)
瞎编	xiā biān	to fabricate (a story)
瞎混	xiā hùn	to muddle along; to live aimlessly