傻傻分不清楚

Chinese

		foolish	foolish	to divide; minute; (a measure word) to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)	not; no	clear; lucid; clear clear; lucid; clear; unambiguous
trad. (傻傻分不清楚)		傻	傻	分	不	清楚
simp. #(傻傻分不清楚)		傻	傻	分	不	清楚

Etymology

From the first line of the lyrics of 《野蠻遊戲》 (J-game), a 2005 song by Jolin Tsai:

老虎，老鼠，傻傻分不清楚 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

lǎohǔ, lǎoshǔ, shǎshǎ fēnbùqīngchǔ [Pinyin]

Tiger (lǎohǔ) or mouse (lǎoshǔ), I can't tell them apart.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǎshǎ fēnbùqīngchǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˇ ㄕㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǎshǎ fēnbùqīngchǔ [Phonetic: sháshǎfēnbùqīngchǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˇ ㄕㄚˇ ㄈㄣ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǎshǎ fenbùcingchǔ
    • Wade–Giles: sha³-sha³ fên¹-pu⁴-chʻing¹-chʻu³
    • Yale: shǎ-shǎ fēn-bù-chīng-chǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaashaa fenbuchingchuu
    • Palladius: шаша фэньбуцинчу (šaša fɛnʹbucinču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂä²¹⁴⁻²¹ fən⁵⁵ pu⁵¹ t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Phrase

傻傻分不清楚

1. (neologism, slang) cannot tell (two things) apart; cannot tell one thing from another; (I'm) too silly to distinguish (the two)