乱弹琴

亂彈琴

luàn tánqín

phrase #54,712

Meanings

HSK 3

你这简直是乱弹琴！

Nǐ zhè jiǎnzhí shì luàn tánqín!

That's total nonsense!

HSK 6

政策天天变，简直是乱弹琴。

Zhèngcè tiāntiān biàn, jiǎnzhí shì luàn tánqín.

The policy changes daily - it's utter chaos.

HSK 7-9

别乱弹琴了，正经办事。

Bié luàn tánqín le, zhèngjīng bànshì.

Stop goofing around and get down to business.

memory

Picture someone hammering random notes on a 古琴 - unlistenable, incoherent. That's the flavor of 乱弹琴: 'making noise where there should be music.'

Colloquial, often an exasperated exclamation: '简直是乱弹琴！' roughly 'this is ridiculous!'

乱 luàn

弹 dàn

琴 qín