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头晕目眩

tóu yūn mù xuàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) to have a dizzy spell / dazzled
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-bde966e0fc6932c9. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

頭暈目眩 头晕目眩 [tou2 yun1 mu4 xuan4] /(idiom) to have a dizzy spell; dazzled/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 頭暈目眩

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 晕
    yūn

    confused / dizzy / giddy / to faint / to swoon / to lose consciousness / to pass out

    yùn

    dizzy / halo / ring around moon or sun

  • 目
    mù

    eye / (literary) to look / to regard / eye (of a net) / mesh / mesh size / grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mù shù]) / item / section / list / catalogue / (taxonomy) order / name / title

  • 眩
    xuàn

    (literary) dizzy / (literary) dazzled / bewildered / to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuàn])

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.