Characters
- 混 (混): confused; dirty; to mix; muddy; variant of 渾|浑[hun2]
- 为 (為): as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 谈 (談): surname Tan
Resources
- Wiktionary: 混为一谈
- MDBG: 混为一谈
- Examples with 混为一谈 on Tatoeba
Examples
轮到我说话时，我不觉地把“标准”和“普通”这两个词混为一谈，后来又说东北的口音是最普通的。
不要把欲望和爱情混为一谈。