乱 (亂) luàn

1. luàn adjective chaotic; disorderly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (FE '亂' 1; Guoyu '亂' adj 1; Unihan '亂'; XHZD '乱' 1)
2. luàn adjective confused
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (FE '亂' 3)
3. luàn verb to disturb; to upset; to throw into chaos
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 扰乱 or 打乱 in this sense (FE '亂' 4; XHZD '乱' 3)
4. luàn verb to be promiscuous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 淫乱 in this sense (Guoyu '亂' v 3; XHZD '乱' 5)
5. luàn noun finale
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: The last part in a musical composition (Guoyu '亂' n 2)
6. luàn verb to destroy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 破坏 (Guoyu '亂' v 2)
7. luàn verb to confuse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 混淆 in this sense (Guoyu '亂' v 1)
8. luàn adjective agitated
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 烦乱 in this sense (Guoyu '亂' adj 2)
9. luàn verb very
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 很 or 非常 (Guoyu '亂' adv 2)
10. luàn adjective unstable
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不安定 (Guoyu '亂' adj 3)
11. luàn adverb arbitrarily; indescriminately
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 随意, 随便, or 任意 in this sense (Guoyu '亂' adv 1; XHZD '乱' 4)
12. luàn noun revolt; rebelion; riot
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Synonymous with 叛乱 or 动乱 in this sense (FE '亂' 2; Guoyu '亂' n 1; Unihan '亂'; XHZD '乱' 2)

Contained in

• 杂乱无章(雜亂無章) mixed up with no order
• 紊乱(紊亂) disorder; chaos
• 骚乱(騷亂) disturbance; riot
• 胡诌乱傍(胡謅亂傍) to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one's head
• 缭乱(繚亂) dazzled; confused
• 乱政(亂政) to administer
• 徼乱(徼亂) courting disaster
• 阴谋作乱(陰謀作亂) to plot a revolt
• 乱花(亂花) to spend recklessly; to waste money
• 凌乱(凌亂) messy; disarrayed; disheveled; chaos
• 乱来(亂來) to act recklessly; to mess around
• 乱写(亂寫) to write without basis
• 作乱(作亂) to revolt; to rebel
• 鸡霍乱(雞霍亂) chicken cholera (caused by Pasteurella multocida or P. avicida); fowl cholera
• 胡思乱想(胡思亂想) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild
• 活蹦乱跳(活蹦亂跳) to leap and frisk about; lively; healthy and active
• 狂乱(狂亂) hysterical ; mad; run amok
• 离乱(離亂) scattered
• 猖乱(猖亂) wild and disorderly
• 扰乱(擾亂) to disturb
• 变乱(變亂) turmoil; social upheaval
• 小不忍则乱大谋(小不忍則亂大謀) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
• 兵荒马乱(兵荒馬亂) the turmoil and chaos of war
• 暴乱(暴亂) riot; rebellion; revolt
• 眼花缭乱(眼花繚亂) dazzling and chaotic
• 贵圈真乱(貴圈真亂) the things you and your friends get up to leave me shaking my head
• 内乱(內亂) internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest
• 恼乱(惱亂) to disrupt; to disturb; to bother; to trouble
• 淆乱(淆亂) to confuse; to befuddle
• 乱码(亂碼) mojibake
• 悖乱(悖亂) to rebel; sedition; to delude; confused
• 乱讲(亂講) to talk nonsense; nonsense!
• 精神错乱(精神錯亂) insanity
• 乱石(亂石) rocks; stones; rubble; riprap
• 辙乱旗靡(轍亂旗靡) chariots in chaos and banners sagging; completely defeated
• 手忙脚乱(手忙腳亂) to act in a flustered and chaotic way
• 乱用(亂用) to abuse
• 搞乱(搞亂) to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle
• 纷乱(紛亂) numerous and disorderly
• 乱糟糟(亂糟糟) chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess
• 霍乱(霍亂) cholera
• 病急乱投医(病急亂投醫) to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill; to try anyone or anything in a crisis
• 乱搞(亂搞) to make a mess; to mess with; to be wild; to sleep around; to jump into bed

Also contained in

丙子胡乱 、 五胡乱华 、 壬辰倭乱 、 黄巢之乱 、 乱世佳人 、 川楚教乱 、 三藩之乱 、 八王之乱

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Truncated for common words

• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 55
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 42
• 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 39
• 卷21　志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 38
• 卷十三 志第三 天文下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Astronomy Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 36
• 卷五十一 志第四 天文四 Volume 51 Treatises 4: Astronomy 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 34
• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 32
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 30
• 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 28

Collocations

• 刺乱 (刺亂) 刺亂也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧丰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qian Chang — count: 5
• 乱庶 (亂庶) 亂庶遄沮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧巧言 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Qiao Yan — count: 5
• 大乱 (大亂) 小不忍以致大亂焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 4
• 怙乱 (怙亂) 無怙亂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 乱靡 (亂靡) 亂靡有定 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧節南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Jie Nan Shan — count: 3
• 宋乱 (宋亂) 以成宋亂 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 乱臣 (亂臣) 予有亂臣十人 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 泰誓中 Zhou Shu - Great Declaration II — count: 2
• 乱作 (亂作) 公疾病而亂作 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 2
• 国乱 (國亂) 國亂則婚姻不得其時焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧綢繆 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Chou Mo — count: 2
• 乱四方 (亂四方) 其能而亂四方 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 顧命 Zhou Shu - Testamentary Charge — count: 2