兵荒馬亂

See also: 兵荒马乱

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	out of practice; uncultivated	horse; surname	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (兵荒馬亂)		兵	荒	馬	亂
simp. (兵荒马乱)		兵	荒	马	乱
Literally: “the troops are starving, and the horses are in disarray”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīnghuāngmǎluàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ fong¹ maa⁵ lyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnghuāngmǎluàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄏㄨㄤ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: binghuangmǎluàn
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹-huang¹-ma³-luan⁴
    • Yale: bīng-hwāng-mǎ-lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binghuangmaaluann
    • Palladius: бинхуанмалуань (binxuanmaluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ fong¹ maa⁵ lyun⁶
    • Yale: bīng fōng máh lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ fong¹ maa⁵ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ fong¹ ma⁵ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵ maː¹³ lyːn²²/

Idiom

兵荒馬亂

1. war-torn; ravaged by war
2. chaotic