葫蘆裡賣的甚麼藥

葫芦里卖的什么药
hulúlǐmàideshénmeyào

not knowing what another is planning or thinking

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 葫蘆 húlu
  1. calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
  2. hoist
  3. generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
  4. muddled
  5. (poker) full house
2 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ
3 賣 mài
  1. to sell
  2. to betray
  3. to spare no effort
  4. to show off or flaunt
=4 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=4 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=4 的 dí really and truly
=4 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=5 甚 shén variant of 什 shén
=5 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=6 麼 má exclamatory final particle
=6 麼 ma interrogative final particle
=6 麼 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=6 麼 mó
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
7 藥 yào
  1. medicine
  2. drug
  3. substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting)
  4. to poison

classifiers: 種, 服, 味