骚 sāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- Made of
- 马 horse 蚤 flea
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
骚乱
sāoluàn
disturbance; riot; unrest
Characters in this word
乱 luàn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious
Example phrases
- 警方称骚乱由一场误传引发，但背后的社会矛盾早已积累多年。 Jǐngfāng chēng sāoluàn yóu yì chǎng wùchuán yǐnfā, dàn bèihòu de shèhuì máodùn zǎo yǐ jīlěi duō nián. The police said the unrest was triggered by a false rumour, but the social tensions behind it had been accumulating for years.
- 体育馆外发生骚乱，警察很快恢复了秩序。 Tǐyùguǎn wài fāshēng sāoluàn, jǐngchá hěn kuài huīfùle zhìxù. A riot broke out outside the stadium, and the police quickly restored order.
- 骚乱持续了三个小时，商店都提前关门了。 Sāoluàn chíxùle sān gè xiǎoshí, shāngdiàn dōu tíqián guānmén le. The unrest lasted three hours, and all the shops closed early.
Related words
- 牢骚 láosāo complaint; grumble
- 骚扰 sāorǎo to harass; to disturb
- 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
- 乱七八糟 luànqībāzāo in a complete mess; all in disorder
- 忙乱 mángluàn flustered; in a hurried mess
- 扰乱 rǎoluàn to disrupt; to disturb
- 紊乱 wěnluàn disordered; chaotic