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杂乱无章

záluànwúzhāng

disorderly; chaotic

A person puzzled above a desk buried in scattered papers
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Characters in this word

乱 luàn

Strokes
7
Radical
乚 — secret, hidden, mysterious

无 wú

Strokes
4
Radical
无 — no, not
Made of
一 one 尢 weak, lame

章 zhāng

Strokes
11
Radical
立 — to stand
Made of
音 sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation 十 ten, tenth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 章

Example phrases

  • 他的书房资料杂乱无章,连自己也很难在短时间内找到原始记录。 Tā de shūfáng zīliào záluàn wúzhāng, lián zìjǐ yě hěn nán zài duǎn shíjiān nèi zhǎodào yuánshǐ jìlù. The materials in his study are so disorderly that even he struggles to find the original records quickly.
  • 他的房间杂乱无章,衣服和书堆得到处都是。 Tā de fángjiān záluàn wúzhāng, yīfu hé shū duī de dàochù dōu shì. His room is in complete disorder, with clothes and books piled up everywhere.
  • 文章结构杂乱无章,老师建议他重新修改。 Wénzhāng jiégòu záluàn wúzhāng, lǎoshī jiànyì tā chóngxīn xiūgǎi. The structure of the essay is chaotic, so the teacher advised him to revise it.

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