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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
茫然 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
茫然 ＝ 茫 ＋ 然
ㄇㄤˊ ㄖㄢˊ · mángrán
adjective — at a loss, blank; bewildered, with no idea what to do

字源 FORM — what the parts do

茫vast and blurred (茫茫)máng水 water with 芒 máng for the sound, a haze over open water
然a suffix making it an adjective (忽然)rán
茫然，茫茫的茫，忽然的然。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

眼前像一片水（氵）天茫茫，心裡空空。
The view goes wide and hazy like open water (氵), the mind a blank.
字源記憶法
關 · Related
茫茫mángmángboundless and dim — the same 茫