一团糟 (一團糟)
yī tuán zāo
Pinyin

Definition

一团糟 (一團糟)
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yī tuán zāo
  1. chaos
  2. bungle
  3. complete mess
  4. shambles

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Sample Sentences

我不同意。奥巴马要解决的问题不是他自己造成的，都是小布什搞得一团糟，但奥巴马很有担当，愿意处理善后，只是不可能那么快。
wǒ bù tóngyì 。Àobāmǎ yào jiějué de wèntí bùshì tā zìjǐ zàochéng de ，dōu shì XiǎoBùshí gǎo de yītuánzāo ，dàn Àobāmǎ hěn yǒu dāndāng ，yuànyì chǔlǐ shànhòu ，zhǐshì bù kěnéng nàme kuài 。
I disagree. The problems that Obama has had to resolve aren't his own doing. It's all the mess created by George W. Bush. However, Obama is capable and willing to deal with the mess, but it can't happen so fast.
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让你买个好点的电饭煲你不听。你看，弄得桌子上，地上都是，一团糟。
ràng nǐ mǎi ge hǎo diǎnr de diànfànbāo nǐ bù tīng 。nǐ kàn ，nòng de zhuōzi shang ，dì shang dōu shì ，yītuánzāo 。
You didn't listen to me when I tried to tell to you to buy a good one. See, the table, the floor – it's a complete mess.
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