乱七八糟 meaning in English

luànqībāzāo

(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 亂七八糟28 strokes

Meaning of 乱七八糟

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

luànqībāzāo
  1. (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled

乱七八糟 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā的de房fáng间jiān乱luàn七qī八bā糟zāo。
His room was in disorder.
我wǒ的de房fáng间jiān乱luàn七qī八bā糟zāo。
My room is a mess.
她tā工gōng作zuò做zuò得de乱luàn七qī八bā糟zāo。
She made a mess of the work.
房fáng子zi乱luàn七qī八bā糟zāo也yě没méi问wèn题tí,但dàn是shì肮āng脏zāng的de话huà我wǒ接jiē受shòu不bù了liǎo。
I can put up with a house being untidy, but I don't like it to be dirty.

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乱 luàn · in confusion or disorder · 7 strokes

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七 qī · seven · 2 strokes

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八 bā · eight · 2 strokes

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糟 zāo · dregs · 17 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 乱七八糟.

糟糕zāogāotoo bad; how terrible
混乱hùnluànconfused; chaotic; disorderly
捣乱dǎoluànto disturb; to look for trouble
八卦bāguàthe eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip
扰乱rǎoluànto disturb; to perturb
胡思乱想húsī-luànxiǎng(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
骚乱sāoluàndisturbance; riot; to create a disturbance
霍乱huòluàncholera
紊乱wěnluàndisorder; chaos
四面八方sìmiàn-bāfāng(idiom) all directions; all around
慌乱huāngluànfrenetic; hurried
七嘴八舌qīzuǐ-bāshélively discussion with everybody talking at once

Questions about 乱七八糟

What does 乱七八糟 mean?

乱七八糟 (luànqībāzāo) means "(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 乱七八糟?

乱七八糟 is made of 4 characters: 乱 (7 strokes), 七 (2 strokes), 八 (2 strokes), 糟 (17 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

Is 乱七八糟 an HSK word?

Yes. 乱七八糟 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 乱七八糟 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 乱七八糟 is written 亂七八糟.