disheveled; messy; shaggy
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1 sense · 5 examplesadjective
disheveled; messy; tangled and unkempt
informalAABB reduplicated form, descriptive of an untidy, bushy, or uncombed state; usually follows "的" (de) when modifying a noun. Can apply to hair, beards, grass, bushes, etc. Sometimes pronounced in a colloquial, slurred way as 'luànpēnɡpēnɡ'.
Tā他
gāng刚
qǐ起
chuáng床
，
tóu头
fa发
hái还
luàn乱
péng蓬
péng蓬
de的
。
He just woke up, and his hair is still disheveled.
Nà那
ge个
jiǎo角
luò落
zhǎng长
zhe着
yī一
piàn片
luàn乱
péng蓬
péng蓬
de的
yě野
cǎo草
。
A patch of messy wild grass is growing in that corner.
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Fēng风
chuī吹
guò过
，
tā他
de的
hú胡
zi子
xiǎn显
de得
gèng更
luàn乱
péng蓬
péng蓬
le了
。
After the wind blew, his beard looked even more shaggy.
Tā她
bù不
xǐ喜
huān欢
zhè这
zhǒng种
luàn乱
péng蓬
péng蓬
de的
fà发
xíng型
。
She doesn't like this messy hairstyle.
Yuàn院
zi子
lǐ里
nà那
kē棵
lǎo老
shù树
de的
zhī枝
tiáo条
luàn乱
péng蓬
péng蓬
de地
shēn伸
xiàng向
sì四
miàn面
bā八
fāng方
。
The branches of that old tree in the yard extend messily in all directions.