兵荒马乱

Traditional: 兵荒馬亂

bīng huāng mǎ luàn

Dictionary entry

(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos

What does 兵荒马乱 mean?

兵荒马乱 (bīng huāng mǎ luàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos

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兵bīngsoldiers · a force 荒huāngdesolate · shortage 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]乱luànin confusion or disorder · in a confused state of mind

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