糊 涂 账

hú tu zhàngdictionary entry

muddled accounts / a mess of bookkeeping

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Original source entry:

糊塗賬糊涂账 [hu2 tu5 zhang4] /muddled accounts/a mess of bookkeeping/

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Other forms in these source records: 糊塗賬

糊
hú
to paste; to glue / blurry; unclear; muddled / (esp. of food) scorched; burnt / paste; mush; thick gruel / congee / (in 糊口[hú kǒu]) to feed oneself
hū
to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like) / Taiwan pr. [hú]
hù
paste / cream
涂
tú
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
Tú
surname Tu
账
zhàng
account / bill / debt / CL:本[běn],筆|笔[bǐ]

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