迷惑

• 병음: mí huò
• 한자 분석: 迷 = 辶 (movement radical) + 米 (rice, phonetic) — to lose one's way; 惑 = 心 (heart/mind) + 或 (perhaps, phonetic) — doubt, confusion

뜻

혼란스럽게 하다; 현혹하다

As a verb: to deliberately mislead or confuse someone (迷惑敌人). As an adjective: to be in a state of bewilderment (感到迷惑). In classical usage it also meant to be morally led astray by desire or temptation. The word spans intellectual puzzlement and intentional deception.

예문

1. 他故意发布虚假信息来迷惑对手，使其在关键时刻做出了错误的判断。
2. 面对这道逻辑题，即使是经验丰富的参赛者也感到十分迷惑，迟迟找不到突破口。
3. 她迷惑不解地反复翻看合同条款，实在弄不明白对方为何突然提出终止合作。

사용 가이드

맥락: strategy, psychology, logic, emotions, military

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 这部推理小说的作者精心设计了层层误导，成功迷惑了读者对凶手身份的判断，直到最后一章才揭晓真相。(The author of this detective novel carefully constructed layers of misdirection, successfully confusing readers' judgement of the killer's identity until the final chapter.)
• 他对这次组织调整感到十分迷惑，因为没有任何事先沟通，也没有人向他解释背后的逻辑。(He was thoroughly confused by this organisational restructuring, as there had been no prior communication and nobody explained the reasoning behind it.)

피해야 할 표현

• 将'迷惑'与表达对某种爱好或事物着迷的情况混用 — 那种情况应用'着迷''痴迷'或'迷上'，迷惑专指困惑或被欺骗 (Do not confuse 迷惑 with being fascinated by a hobby or interest — use 着迷, 痴迷, or 迷上 for that meaning; 迷惑 specifically means being confused or deceived)

기원과 역사

迷 = 辶 (movement radical) + 米 (rice, phonetic) — to lose one's way, to be confused; 惑 = 心 (heart/mind) + 或 (perhaps, phonetic) — doubt, confusion in the mind. Together: to be mentally lost or to cause mental confusion.

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal