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乱七八糟

luàn qī bā zāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 亂七八糟

乱七八糟 (luàn qī bā zāo) means "(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 乱七八糟 means

1. idiomchaotic; in disorder; muddled

The characters in 乱七八糟

• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder
• 七qīseven; 7
• 八bāeight
• 糟zāodregs; draff; pickled in wine

Example sentences

• 我的房间乱七八糟。
  Wǒ de fángjiān luànqībāzāo.
  My room is a mess.
• 他的房间乱七八糟。
  His room was in disorder.
• 她工作做得乱七八糟。
  Tā gōngzuò zuò de luànqībāzāo.
  She made a mess of the work.
• 房子乱七八糟也没问题，但是肮脏的话我接受不了。
  Fángzi luànqībāzāo yě méiwèntí, dànshì āngzāng dehuà wǒ jiēshòu buliǎo.
  I can put up with a house being untidy, but I don't like it to be dirty.

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