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一塌糊涂

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4-character word Traditional 一塌糊塗

What 一塌糊涂 means

1. muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
2. complete shambles
3. a total mess

The characters in 一塌糊涂

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 塌tāto collapse; to droop; to settle down
• 糊hūto smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. hú
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub

Example sentences

• 全都一塌糊涂。
  Everything was a mess.