pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
乱 
亂 
luan4 
 
 
in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary 
 
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radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
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安史之乱 
安史之亂 
an1 shi3 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山|安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty 
暴乱 
暴亂 
bao4 luan4 
 
 
riot; rebellion; revolt 
悖乱 
悖亂 
bei4 luan4 
 
 
to rebel; sedition; to delude; confused 
变乱 
變亂 
bian4 luan4 
 
 
turmoil; social upheaval 
兵荒马乱 
兵荒馬亂 
bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4 
 
 
soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war 
兵乱 
兵亂 
bing1 luan4 
 
 
confusion of war; turmoil of war 
丙子胡乱 
丙子胡亂 
bing3 zi3 hu2 luan4 
 
 
second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636) 
病急乱投医 
病急亂投醫 
bing4 ji2 luan4 tou2 yi1 
 
 
lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis 
拨乱反正 
撥亂反正 
bo1 luan4 fan3 zheng4 
 
 
bring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder 
步履紊乱 
步履紊亂 
bu4 lv3 wen3 luan4 
 
 
to be in complete disorder 
猖乱 
猖亂 
chang1 luan4 
 
 
wild and disorderly 
趁乱逃脱 
趁亂逃脫 
chen4 luan4 tao2 tuo1 
 
 
to run away in the confusion; to take advantage of the confusion to escape 
出乱子 
出亂子 
chu1 luan4 zi5 
 
 
to go wrong; to get into trouble 
创伤后压力紊乱 
創傷後壓力紊亂 
chuang1 shang1 hou4 ya1 li4 wen3 luan4 
 
 
post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD 
错乱 
錯亂 
cuo4 luan4 
 
 
in disorder; deranged (mentally) 
捣乱 
搗亂 
dao3 luan4 
 
 
to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally 
丁卯胡乱 
丁卯胡亂 
ding1 mao3 hu2 luan4 
 
 
first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627) 
动乱 
動亂 
dong4 luan4 
 
 
turmoil; upheaval; unrest 
烦乱 
煩亂 
fan2 luan4 
 
 
anxious; agitated 
犯上作乱 
犯上作亂 
fan4 shang4 zuo4 luan4 
 
 
to rebel against the emperor (idiom) 
纷乱 
紛亂 
fen1 luan4 
 
 
numerous and disorderly 
搞乱 
搞亂 
gao3 luan4 
 
 
to mess up; to mismanage; to bungle; to confuse; to muddle 
侯景之乱 
侯景之亂 
hou2 jing3 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548 
胡编乱造 
胡編亂造 
hu2 bian1 luan4 zao4 
 
 
to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom); to make things up 
胡吹乱捧 
胡吹亂捧 
hu2 chui1 luan4 peng3 
 
 
indiscriminate admiration (idiom) 
胡乱 
胡亂 
hu2 luan4 
 
 
careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how 
胡思乱想 
胡思亂想 
hu2 si1 luan4 xiang3 
 
 
to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom); to let one's imagination run wild 
胡言乱语 
胡言亂語 
hu2 yan2 luan4 yu3 
 
 
babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch 
胡诌乱傍 
胡謅亂傍 
hu2 zhou1 luan4 bang4 
 
 
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head 
胡诌乱扯 
胡謅亂扯 
hu2 zhou1 luan4 che3 
 
 
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head 
胡诌乱道 
胡謅亂道 
hu2 zhou1 luan4 dao4 
 
 
to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head 
胡诌乱说 
胡謅亂說 
hu2 zhou1 luan4 shuo1 
 
 
to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head 
欢蹦乱跳 
歡蹦亂跳 
huan1 beng4 luan4 tiao4 
 
 
glowing with health and vivacity (idiom) 
慌乱 
慌亂 
huang1 luan4 
 
 
frenetic; hurried 
黄巢之乱 
黃巢之亂 
huang2 chao2 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
late Tang peasant uprising 875-884 led by Huang Chao 
黄巾之乱 
黃巾之亂 
huang2 jin1 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184) 
昏乱 
昏亂 
hun1 luan4 
 
 
dazed; confused; fuddled 
混乱 
混亂 
hun4 luan4 
 
 
confusion; chaos; disorder 
活蹦乱跳 
活蹦亂跳 
huo2 beng4 luan4 tiao4 
 
 
to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active 
霍乱 
霍亂 
huo4 luan4 
 
 
cholera 
祸乱 
禍亂 
huo4 luan4 
 
 
calamity and chaos; devastating disorder; great turmoil 
霍乱毒素 
霍亂毒素 
huo4 luan4 du2 su4 
 
 
cholera toxin 
霍乱杆菌 
霍亂桿菌 
huo4 luan4 gan3 jun1 
 
 
Vibrio cholerae; the cholera bacterium 
霍乱菌苗 
霍亂菌苗 
huo4 luan4 jun1 miao2 
 
 
cholera vaccine 
鸡霍乱 
雞霍亂 
ji1 huo4 luan4 
 
 
chicken cholera (caused by Pasteurella multocida or P. avicida); fowl cholera 
几可乱真 
幾可亂真 
ji1 ke3 luan4 zhen1 
 
 
to seem almost genuine; easily mistaken for the real thing 
搅乱 
攪亂 
jiao3 luan4 
 
 
to disrupt; to throw into disorder 
精神错乱 
精神錯亂 
jing1 shen2 cuo4 luan4 
 
 
insanity 
精神狂乱 
精神狂亂 
jing1 shen2 kuang2 luan4 
 
 
delirium; mental illness 
靖乱 
靖亂 
jing4 luan4 
 
 
to put down a rebellion 
聚众淫乱罪 
聚眾淫亂罪 
ju4 zhong4 yin2 luan4 zui4 
 
 
group licentiousness (offense punishable by up to five years in prison in the PRC) 
快刀断乱麻 
快刀斷亂麻 
kuai4 dao1 duan4 luan4 ma2 
 
 
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot 
快刀斩乱麻 
快刀斬亂麻 
kuai4 dao1 zhan3 luan4 ma2 
 
 
lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation; cutting the Gordian knot 
狂乱 
狂亂 
kuang2 luan4 
 
 
hysterical 
骊姬之乱 
驪姬之亂 
li2 ji1 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
Li Ji Rebellion in 657-651 BC, where concubine Li Ji tried to throne her son but was eventually defeated by Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公 
撩乱 
撩亂 
liao2 luan4 
 
 
variant of 繚亂|缭乱 
缭乱 
繚亂 
liao2 luan4 
 
 
dazzled; confused 
零乱 
零亂 
ling2 luan4 
 
 
in disorder; a complete mess 
凌乱 
凌亂 
ling2 luan4 
 
 
messy; disarrayed; disheveled; chaos 
凌乱不堪 
凌亂不堪 
ling2 luan4 bu4 kan1 
 
 
in a terrible mess (idiom) 
乱臣贼子 
亂臣賊子 
luan4 chen2 zei2 zi3 
 
 
rebels and traitors (idiom); general term for scoundrel 
乱成一团 
亂成一團 
luan4 cheng2 yi1 tuan2 
 
 
in a great mess; chaotic 
乱吃 
亂吃 
luan4 chi1 
 
 
to eat indiscriminately 
乱穿马路 
亂穿馬路 
luan4 chuan1 ma3 lu4 
 
 
to jaywalk 
乱窜 
亂竄 
luan4 cuan4 
 
 
to flee in disarray; to scatter 
乱党 
亂黨 
luan4 dang3 
 
 
the rebel party 
乱道 
亂道 
luan4 dao4 
 
 
see 亂說|乱说 
乱掉 
亂掉 
luan4 diao4 
 
 
to throw away; to discard 
乱丢 
亂丟 
luan4 diu1 
 
 
to discard in the wrong place (cigarette butts etc); to leave one's things lying around 
乱动 
亂動 
luan4 dong4 
 
 
to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about 
乱搞 
亂搞 
luan4 gao3 
 
 
to make a mess; to mess with; to be wild; to sleep around; to jump into bed 
乱搞男女关系 
亂搞男女關係 
luan4 gao3 nan2 nv3 guan1 xi4 
 
 
to be promiscuous; to sleep around 
乱咕攘 
亂咕攘 
luan4 gu1 rang5 
 
 
to disturb (dialect) 
乱哄哄 
亂哄哄 
luan4 hong1 hong1 
 
 
noisy and in disarray; in an uproar 
乱花 
亂花 
luan4 hua1 
 
 
to spend recklessly; to waste money 
乱花钱 
亂花錢 
luan4 hua1 qian2 
 
 
to spend money recklessly; to squander 
乱画 
亂畫 
luan4 hua4 
 
 
to doodle; graffito; doodle 
乱纪 
亂紀 
luan4 ji4 
 
 
to break the rules; to break discipline 
乱讲 
亂講 
luan4 jiang3 
 
 
to talk nonsense; nonsense! 
乱叫 
亂叫 
luan4 jiao4 
 
 
to inconsiderately shout 
乱来 
亂來 
luan4 lai2 
 
 
to act recklessly; to mess around 
乱伦 
亂倫 
luan4 lun2 
 
 
incest; immorality; depravity; fornication 
乱麻 
亂麻 
luan4 ma2 
 
 
lit. tangled skein; in a tremendous muddle; confused 
乱码 
亂碼 
luan4 ma3 
 
 
mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 
乱民 
亂民 
luan4 min2 
 
 
rebels 
乱跑 
亂跑 
luan4 pao3 
 
 
to run around all over the place 
乱蓬蓬 
亂蓬蓬 
luan4 peng1 peng1 
 
 
disheveled; tangled 
乱七八糟 
亂七八糟 
luan4 qi1 ba1 zao1 
 
 
everything in disorder (idiom); in a hideous mess; at sixes and sevens 
乱扔 
亂扔 
luan4 reng1 
 
 
to litter; to throw away 
乱石 
亂石 
luan4 shi2 
 
 
rocks; stones; rubble; riprap 
乱石砸死 
亂石砸死 
luan4 shi2 za2 si3 
 
 
to stone to death 
乱世 
亂世 
luan4 shi4 
 
 
the world in chaos; troubled times; (in Buddhism) the mortal world 
乱视 
亂視 
luan4 shi4 
 
 
astigmatism (medicine) (Tw) 
乱世佳人 
亂世佳人 
luan4 shi4 jia1 ren2 
 
 
Gone with the Wind (film) 
乱数 
亂數 
luan4 shu4 
 
 
random number 
乱说 
亂說 
luan4 shuo1 
 
 
to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks 
乱弹琴 
亂彈琴 
luan4 tan2 qin2 
 
 
to talk nonsense; to behave like a fool 
乱套 
亂套 
luan4 tao4 
 
 
in a mess; upside down 
乱跳 
亂跳 
luan4 tiao4 
 
 
to jump about; (of the heart) to beat wildly 
乱象 
亂象 
luan4 xiang4 
 
 
chaos; madness 
乱写 
亂寫 
luan4 xie3 
 
 
to write without basis 
乱糟糟 
亂糟糟 
luan4 zao1 zao1 
 
 
chaotic; topsy turvy; a complete mess 
乱真 
亂真 
luan4 zhen1 
 
 
to pass off as genuine; spurious 
乱政 
亂政 
luan4 zheng4 
 
 
to corrupt politics 
乱抓 
亂抓 
luan4 zhua1 
 
 
to claw wildly; to scratch frantically; to arrest people indiscriminately 
乱作决定 
亂作決定 
luan4 zuo4 jue2 ding4 
 
 
to make arbitrary decisions 
忙乱 
忙亂 
mang2 luan4 
 
 
rushed and muddled 
迷乱 
迷亂 
mi2 luan4 
 
 
confusion 
内乱 
內亂 
nei4 luan4 
 
 
internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest 
弄乱 
弄亂 
nong4 luan4 
 
 
to mess up; to put into disorder; to meddle with; to confuse 
叛乱 
叛亂 
pan4 luan4 
 
 
armed rebellion 
叛乱罪 
叛亂罪 
pan4 luan4 zui4 
 
 
the crime of armed rebellion 
蓬乱 
蓬亂 
peng2 luan4 
 
 
matted (of straw or hair); unkempt; overgrown; scraggly; thatch 
扰乱 
擾亂 
rao3 luan4 
 
 
to disturb; to perturb; to harass 
惹乱子 
惹亂子 
re3 luan4 zi5 
 
 
to stir up trouble; to get into trouble 
壬辰倭乱 
壬辰倭亂 
ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4 
 
 
Imjin war, Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598 
三藩叛乱 
三藩叛亂 
san1 fan1 pan4 luan4 
 
 
rebellion against the Qing of 1670s, pacified by Kangxi 
三藩之乱 
三藩之亂 
san1 fan1 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
Three feudatories rebellion against Qing 1673-1681 during the reign of Kangxi 
散乱 
散亂 
san4 luan4 
 
 
in disorder; messy 
丧乱 
喪亂 
sang1 luan4 
 
 
tragic disaster; disturbance and bloodshed 
骚乱 
騷亂 
sao1 luan4 
 
 
disturbance; riot; to create a disturbance 
骚乱者 
騷亂者 
sao1 luan4 zhe3 
 
 
a rioter 
手忙脚乱 
手忙腳亂 
shou3 mang2 jiao3 luan4 
 
 
to act with confusion; to be in a flurry; to be flustered 
天花乱坠 
天花亂墜 
tian1 hua1 luan4 zhui4 
 
 
lit. a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); fig. extravagant embellishments; hype 
添乱 
添亂 
tian1 luan4 
 
 
(coll.) to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience 
天下大乱 
天下大亂 
tian1 xia4 da4 luan4 
 
 
the whole country in rebellion 
违法乱纪 
違法亂紀 
wei2 fa3 luan4 ji4 
 
 
to break the law and violate discipline (idiom) 
唯恐天下不乱 
唯恐天下不亂 
wei2 kong3 tian1 xia4 bu4 luan4 
 
 
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom) 
紊乱 
紊亂 
wen3 luan4 
 
 
disorder; chaos 
瞎编乱造 
瞎編亂造 
xia1 bian1 luan4 zao4 
 
 
random lies and falsehoods 
淆乱 
淆亂 
xiao2 luan4 
 
 
to confuse; to befuddle 
小鹿乱撞 
小鹿亂撞 
xiao3 lu4 luan4 zhuang4 
 
 
fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions 
心烦意乱 
心煩意亂 
xin1 fan2 yi4 luan4 
 
 
lit. heart distracted, thoughts in turmoil (idiom); distraught with anxiety 
心慌意乱 
心慌意亂 
xin1 huang1 yi4 luan4 
 
 
confused; rattled; flustered 
心乱如麻 
心亂如麻 
xin1 luan4 ru2 ma2 
 
 
one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused; disconcerted; upset 
眼花缭乱 
眼花繚亂 
yan3 hua1 liao2 luan4 
 
 
to be dazzled 
一团乱糟 
一團亂糟 
yi1 tuan2 luan4 zao1 
 
 
a chaotic mess 
义和乱 
義和亂 
yi4 he2 luan4 
 
 
the Boxer uprising 
淫乱 
淫亂 
yin2 luan4 
 
 
promiscuous 
应仁之乱 
應仁之亂 
ying1 ren2 zhi1 luan4 
 
 
Ōnin war 1467-1477 between factions of Ashikaga shogunate 
杂乱 
雜亂 
za2 luan4 
 
 
in a mess; in a jumble; chaotic 
杂乱无章 
雜亂無章 
za2 luan4 wu2 zhang1 
 
 
disordered and in a mess (idiom); all mixed up and chaotic 
脏乱 
髒亂 
zang1 luan4 
 
 
dirty and disordered; in a mess 
战乱 
戰亂 
zhan4 luan4 
 
 
chaos of war 
作乱 
作亂 
zuo4 luan4 
 
 
to start a rebellion; to rise in revolt