utter chaos; people and horses overturned
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesidiom
to describe a scene of utter chaos and confusion; people thrown down and horses overturned; complete disorder; hectic turmoil
neutralOriginally depicted the chaos of battle with men and horses falling; now extended to describe any extremely chaotic situation or hectic, disordered busyness. Variants include 马翻人仰 and 马仰人翻.
Zhàn战
chǎng场
shàng上
shā杀
de得
rén人
yǎng仰
mǎ马
fān翻
。
The battlefield was strewn with bodies of men and horses, utterly chaotic.
Zhè这
jǐ几
tiān天
máng忙
de得
rén人
yǎng仰
mǎ马
fān翻
。
These past few days have been incredibly hectic and chaotic.
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Jiā家
lǐ里
bèi被
hái孩
zi子
men们
nòng弄
de得
rén人
yǎng仰
mǎ马
fān翻
。
The children have turned the house upside down, creating utter chaos.
Zhǐ只
jiàn见
rén人
yǎng仰
mǎ马
fān翻
，
zì自
xiāng相
jiàn践
tà踏
。
All one could see was utter chaos with people and horses tumbling over one another in a stampede.