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混乱

hùn luàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 混亂

混乱 (hùn luàn) means "confusion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 混乱 means

1. confused; chaotic; disorderly

The characters in 混乱

• 混hùnto mix; to mingle; muddled
• 乱luànin confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder

Example sentences

• 汤姆也很混乱。
  Tāngmǔ yě hěn hùnluàn.
  Tom was confused, too.
• 吉尔吉斯斯坦的情况十分混乱。
  The situation in Kyrgyzstan is a real mess.
• 自从公司合并了以后，一切都变得十分混乱。
  Zìcóng gōngsī hébìng le yǐhòu, yīqiè dōu biànde shífēn hùnluàn.
  The office has been topsy-turvy since the merger upset everything.
• 画家失望地践踏失败之作，留下一片混乱的色彩。
  The frustrated artist stomped on his failed painting, leaving a trail of shattered colors.
• 每次学生在走廊上制造混乱的时候，校长都会严厉地训斥他们。
  Měicì xuésheng zài zǒuláng shàng zhìzào hùnluàn de shíhou, xiàozhǎng dōu huì yánlì de xùnchì tāmen.
  The principal severely reproved the students whenever they made a mess in the hallway.
• “我认为完美是丑陋的”，他说道。“人们做的事情，我希望看到的是创伤，失败，混乱，扭曲。”
  "wǒ rènwéi wánměi shì chǒulòu de ", tā shuōdào."rénmen zuò de shìqing, wǒ xīwàng kàn dào de shì chuāngshāng, shībài, hùnluàn, niǔqū."
  "I think perfection is ugly", he said. "Somewhere in the things that humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

Where 混乱 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · huí–hùn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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