🇬🇧🇨🇳 riddle - 谜语 : English Lesson

Meaning of "riddle" ("谜语"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A riddle is a special kind of question or puzzle that is tricky on purpose. It sounds simple, but you have to think carefully, use clues, and sometimes be a little silly or clever to figure out the answer.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Grandpa told us a riddle, and Grandma shouted the answer from the kitchen before he even finished it.

Mom gave us a riddle and said, “No phones,” so our brains had to reboot like old computers.

I wrote a riddle on the bathroom mirror, and now everyone thinks the house is haunted by a very polite ghost.

At the museum, the mummy didn’t scare me, but the riddle on his sarcophagus totally did.

There’s a super old riddle called a riddle in the ancient Sphinx story, but I think my hardest riddle is still, “Why is there homework on weekends?”

Lily found a riddle under the pillow. The riddle drew a small map. Her brother handed her another riddle with a bright wink. Each riddle teased a hiding place until she solved the last riddle, laughed, and opened the box. The riddle trail ended with chocolate and a warm hug.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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