一塌糊涂 — Chinese idiom
一塌糊涂
yī tā hú tu
Traditional: 一塌糊塗
Meaning
- muddled and completely collapsing ; in an awful condition
- complete shambles
- a total mess
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 塌tāto collapse, to fall into ruin
- 糊húmuddled; paste; to stick on with paste
- 涂tuto smear, to scribble, to daub; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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