guō
zhōu

HSK 7-9
idiom
common

Meaning of 一锅粥

一锅粥 means a complete mess; a chaotic jumble; utter confusion. Pronounced yī guō zhōu. HSK 7-9.

  • a complete mess; a chaotic jumble; utter confusion

Definitions & Examples

Wén
jiàn
fàng
de
dào
chù
dōu
shì
 
bàn
gōng
shì
luàn
chéng
guō
zhōu
le
 

Files are scattered everywhere, the office is in a complete mess.

Hái
zi
men
méi
rén
guǎn
 
jiā
chǎo
chéng
guō
zhōu
 

The kids are unsupervised, and the house is a chaotic jumble of noise.

xiàng
tóng
shí
chū
le
wèn
 
nǎo
zi
dōu
chéng
guō
zhōu
le
 

Several projects went wrong at the same time, and his mind is in utter confusion.

Shì
chǎng
xìn
tài
duō
 
zhēn
zhēn
jiǎ
jiǎ
jiǎo
chéng
le
guō
zhōu
 

There's too much market information, and the true and false are all mixed into a chaotic soup.

Tíng
diàn
 
zhěng
tiě
zhàn
dōu
luàn
chéng
guō
zhōu
 

The moment the power went out, the whole subway station turned into a chaotic mess.