muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess
trad. 一塌糊塗
Also written 一塌糊塗【yī tā hú tu】
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
塌
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to collapse, to droop, to settle down
- Pinyin
- tā
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 18981 of 2500
糊
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variant of 糊[hu2]
- Pinyin
- hú
- Traditional
- 䊀
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 24319 of 2500
涂
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to apply (paint etc), to smear, to daub, to blot out, to scribble, to scrawl, (literary) mud, street
- Pinyin
- tú
- Traditional
- 塗
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 8424 of 2500