diān
sān
dǎo

idiom
common

Meaning of 颠三倒四

颠三倒四 means incoherent; confused; topsy-turvy; lacking logical order. Pronounced diān sān dǎo sì.

  • incoherent; confused; topsy-turvy; lacking logical order

Definitions & Examples

zuì
le
 
shuō
huà
diān
sān
dǎo
de
 

He was drunk and speaking incoherently.

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
xiě
de
diān
sān
dǎo
 
ràng
rén
kàn
bu
dǒng
 

This article is written in a confused, jumbled manner that nobody can understand.

Nián
le
 
bu
hǎo
 
shuō
huà
yǒu
xiē
diān
sān
dǎo
 

He's getting old and his memory is failing, so he speaks somewhat incoherently.

shì
qíng
jīng
guò
jiǎng
de
diān
sān
dǎo
 
jǐng
chá
tīng
bu
míng
bai
 

He described what happened in a confused, jumbled way that the police couldn't understand.