乱 luàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious
乱七八糟
luànqībāzāo
in a complete mess; all in disorder
Characters in this word
七 qī
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 一 — one
八 bā
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 八 — eight
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
糟 zāo
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 米 rice, millet, grain 曹 ministers, officials
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 会议纪要写得乱七八糟，连决议和讨论意见都分不清。 Huìyì jìyào xiě de luànqībāzāo, lián juéyì hé tǎolùn yìjiàn dōu fēn bù qīng. The meeting minutes were written in a complete mess, to the point that resolutions and discussion points could not be distinguished.
- 孩子的房间被玩具弄得乱七八糟。 Háizi de fángjiān bèi wánjù nòng de luànqībāzāo. The child's room has been turned into a total mess by toys.
- 我这几天心里乱七八糟的，什么也不想做。 Wǒ zhè jǐ tiān xīn lǐ luànqībāzāo de, shénme yě bù xiǎng zuò. My head has been in a total muddle these past few days and I don't feel like doing anything.
Related words
- 乱 luàn messy; chaotic
- 混乱 hùnluàn chaotic, disorderly
- 捣乱 dǎoluàn to make trouble; to disrupt
- 胡乱 húluàn randomly; carelessly; without order
- 胡思乱想 húsīluànxiǎng to indulge in wild thoughts; to let one's imagination run away
- 慌乱 huāngluàn panicked; flustered; in disorder
- 忙乱 mángluàn flustered; in a hurried mess
- 扰乱 rǎoluàn to disrupt; to disturb
- 骚乱 sāoluàn disturbance; riot; unrest
- 紊乱 wěnluàn disordered; chaotic
- 杂乱无章 záluànwúzhāng disorderly; chaotic
- 七 qī seven