蒙在鼓里 méng zài gǔ lǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. variant of 蒙在鼓裡|蒙在鼓里[meng2 zai4 gu3 li3]
  2. lit. kept inside a drum (idiom)
  3. fig. completely in the dark

CHARACTERS

蒙 méng cover; ignorant; suffer; mongolia
在 zài be at, in, on; consist in, rest
鼓 gǔ drum; beat, top, strike
里 lǐ unit of distance; village; lane