横七竖八 (橫七豎八)
héng qī shù bā
Pinyin

Definition

横七竖八 (橫七豎八)
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héng qī shù bā
  1. in disorder
  2. at sixes and sevens (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

七
qī
  1. 1 seven
  2. 2 7
八
bā
  1. 1 eight
  2. 2 8
七上八下
qī shàng bā xià
  1. 1 at sixes and sevens
  2. 2 perturbed state of mind
  3. 3 in a mess
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
七夕
Qī xī
  1. 1 double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
  2. 2 girls' festival
  3. 3 Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting

Idioms (20)

七手八脚
qī shǒu bā jiǎo
  1. 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
七扭八歪
qī niǔ bā wāi
  1. 1 misshapen
  2. 2 crooked
  3. 3 uneven (idiom)
七窍生烟
qī qiào shēng yān
  1. 1 lit. spouting smoke through the seven orifices (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to seethe with anger
七零八落
qī líng bā luò
  1. 1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation

Sample Sentences

不是，我带她来矫正牙齿的。你看她的牙，横七竖八的，难看死了。
bùshì ，wǒ dài tā lái jiǎozhèng yáchǐ de 。nǐ kàn tā de yá ，héngqīshùbā de ，nánkàn sǐ le 。
No, I brought her here to have her teeth straightened. Look at her teeth, they're going in all directions. They look terrible.
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