乱麻 (亂麻) luànmá
luànmá
noun
tangled skein; in a tremendous muddle; confused
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '亂麻')
Contained in
- 快刀斩乱麻(快刀斬亂麻) quick sword cuts through tangled hemp; decisive action in a complex situation
- 快刀断乱麻(快刀斷亂麻) quick sword cuts through tangled hemp; decisive action in a complex situation
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 卷十三 列傳第七 范雲 沈約 Volume 13: Fan Yun; Shen Yue Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
- 卷五十六 列傳第四十六 張弘策 庾域 鄭紹叔 呂僧珍 樂藹 Volume 56 Biographies 46: Zhang Hongce, Yu Yu, Zheng Shaoshu, Lu Sengzhen, Le Ai History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 112 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷四十九 列傳第三十 王奐 從弟繢 張沖 Volume 49 Biographies 30: Wang Huan, Cong Dihui, Zhang Cong Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 1
- 卷十一 列傳第五 張弘策 庾域 鄭紹叔 呂僧珍 Volume 11: Zhang Hongce; Yu Yu; Zheng Shaoshu; Lü Sengzhen Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
- 卷八十九 列傳第三十九: 狄仁傑 王方慶 姚璹 Volume 89 Biographies 39: Di Renjie, Wang Fangqing, Yao Shu Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 6 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 《天官書》 Astronomy Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
Collocations
- 乱麻一般 (亂麻一般) 撓鉤似亂麻一般搭來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四十八回 Chapter 48 — count: 2