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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 兵荒马乱

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn - soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 55,765 57,654 38,612

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
huāng- desolate
- shortage
- scarce
- out of practice
- absurd
- uncultivated
- to neglect
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
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

Other Words Containing 兵荒马乱

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
兵荒马乱 - - 55,765 57,654 38,612