Chinese word dictionary

胡诌乱扯

hú zhōu luàn chě · to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head

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Word information

Simplified胡诌乱扯

Traditional胡謅亂扯

Pinyinhú zhōu luàn chě

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Character breakdown

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胡hú

recklessly, foolishly; wildly

诌zhōu

to quip, to play with words, to talk nonsense

乱luàn

anarchy, chaos; revolt

扯chě

to rip, to tear; to haul; casual talk

How to learn 胡诌乱扯

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乱luàn

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

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lane; alley; CL:條|条[tiao2]; variant of 胡同[hu2 tong4]

胡子húzi

beard; mustache or whiskers; facial hair; CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1]; (coll.) bandit

混乱hùnluàn

confused; chaotic; disorderly

扯chě

to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey; variant of 扯[che3]; to pull; to tear

捣乱dǎoluàn

to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally