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乱弹琴

亂彈琴
luàntánqín
idiom #54,712

Meanings

  1. 1 to bang randomly on the zither
  2. 2 to talk nonsense; to mess around
  3. 3 absurd!

Examples

你这简直是乱弹琴！
Nǐ zhè jiǎnzhí shì luàntánqín!
That's total nonsense!
别乱弹琴了，正经办事。
Bié luàntánqín le, zhèngjīng bànshì.
Stop goofing around and get down to business.
政策天天变，简直是乱弹琴。
Zhèngcè tiāntiān biàn, jiǎnzhí shì luàntánqín.
The policy changes daily — it's utter chaos.

Tips

memory
Picture someone hammering random notes on a guqin — unlistenable, incoherent. That's the flavor of 乱弹琴: 'making noise where there should be music.'
register
Colloquial, often an exasperated exclamation: '简直是乱弹琴！' roughly 'this is ridiculous!'

Stroke Order

乱 luàn
弹 dàn
琴 qín