迷頭迷腦 (mai4 tau4 mai4 nou5) — to immerse oneself in doing something a… in Cantonese

maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

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Mandarin Pinyin: mi2 tou2 mi2 nao3

Meaning of 迷頭迷腦

nounto immerse oneself in doing something and neglect all other things

taiˊ²睇mˎ₄唔ming4,明，houˊ²好maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

I don't understand, I'm so confused.

faat˗₃發sangˉ¹生meˉ¹咩si6?事？gam˗₃咁maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

What happened? You look so confused.

keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

He's always acting confused.

keoiˏ₅佢zouˍ₆做jeˏ₅嘢maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

He works in a daze.

tiuˎ₄條sou˗₃數houˊ²好maiˎ₄迷tauˎ₄頭maiˎ₄迷nouˏ₅腦

This math problem is really confusing.

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