打 闷 雷

dǎ mèn léidictionary entry

(coll.) to wonder secretly / to make wild conjectures

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Original source entry:

打悶雷打闷雷 [da3 men4 lei2] /(coll.) to wonder secretly/to make wild conjectures/

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Other forms in these source records: 打悶雷

打
dá
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [dǎ]
dǎ
to hit / to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打傘|打伞[dǎ sǎn] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[dǎ diàn huà] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[dǎ zhēn] "to get an injection" / (coll.) from / since
闷
mēn
stuffy / shut indoors / to smother / to cover tightly
mèn
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
雷
léi
thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[dì léi] land mine / (coll.) to shock / to stun / to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)
Léi
surname Lei

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