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to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom) / to let one's imagination run wild
HSK 7-9
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  *亂* | 亂* | *亂
in confusion or disorder / in a confused state of mind / disorder / upheaval / riot / illicit sexual relations / to throw into disorder / to mix up / indiscriminate / random / arbitrary
HSK 3
confused; chaotic; disorderly
HSK 6
in a great mess / chaotic
to stone to death
rushed and muddled
HSK 7-9
turmoil / upheaval / unrest
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom) / to make things up
to talk nonsense / to behave like a fool
a rioter
to disturb / to look for trouble / to stir up a row / to bother sb intentionally
HSK 7-9
wild and disorderly
the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world
random lies and falsehoods
frenetic / hurried
HSK 7-9
to go wrong / to get into trouble
Gone with the Wind (film)
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom) / fig. extravagant embellishments; hype
internal disorder / civil strife / civil unrest
messed up; in disarray; chaotic
chaotic / topsy turvy / a complete mess
to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed
messy; disarrayed; disheveled
rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi
social upheaval caused by war or famine etc
one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused / disconcerted / upset
chaos of war
careless / reckless / casually / absent-mindedly / at will / at random / any old how
to fiddle with / to tamper with / to meddle with / to move randomly / to flail about
to mess up / to mismanage / to bungle / to confuse / to muddle
(idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled
HSK 7-9
noisy and in disarray / in an uproar
numerous and disorderly
(idiom) to become agitated / to get worked up
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding)
to inconsiderately shout
in a mess / upside down
to spend money recklessly / to squander
astigmatism (medicine) (Tw)
anxious / agitated
lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety
(idiom) to act with confusion or in a disorderly manner; flustered
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot
to disturb / to perturb / to harass
HSK 7-9
to break the rules / to break discipline
lit. tangled skein / in a tremendous muddle / confused
fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions
to rebel / sedition / to delude / confused
to act recklessly / to mess around
to throw (sth) without due care; (esp.) to litter
disheveled / tangled
rocks / stones / rubble / riprap
confused / rattled / flustered
to disrupt / to throw into disorder
the whole country in rebellion
cholera
HSK 7-9
cholera toxin
a chaotic mess
lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
the rebel party
to talk nonsense / nonsense!
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi
to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc) / to leave one's things lying around
armed rebellion
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty
dazzled / confused
insanity
disorder / chaos
HSK 7-9
random number
to doodle / graffito / doodle
to flee in disarray / to scatter
in disorder / deranged (mentally)
to confuse / to befuddle
to pass off as genuine / spurious
to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively / healthy and active
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings / double Dutch
tragic disaster / disturbance and bloodshed
to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse
chaos / madness
to be dazzled
in a mess / in a jumble / chaotic
unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave
to stir up trouble / to get into trouble
disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic
HSK 7-9
riot / rebellion / revolt
to rebel against the emperor (idiom)
to seem almost genuine / easily mistaken for the real thing
(slang, jocular, neologism c. 2006, used esp. in relation to public figures) the things you and your friends get up to (misbehavior, scandals etc) leave me shaking my head
lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / fig. misconduct
(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing
cholera bacterium (Vibrio cholerae)
to jaywalk
to rebel; to rise in revolt
in disorder / messy / Taiwan pr. [san4 luan4]
disturbance; riot / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
confusion of war / turmoil of war
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks
to run around all over the place
group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC)

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