千疮百孔

千瘡百孔

qiānchuāngbǎikǒng

idiom #26,775

Meanings

1 riddled with holes
2 full of defects or problems
3 in a terrible state of disrepair

Characters

Examples

战后的城市千疮百孔，需要大规模重建。

Zhàn hòu de chéngshì qiānchuāng bǎikǒng, xūyào dàguīmó chóngjiàn.

The post-war city was riddled with damage and needed large-scale reconstruction.

这个计划漏洞百出，简直千疮百孔。

Zhège jìhuà lòudòng bǎi chū, jiǎnzhí qiānchuāng bǎikǒng.

This plan is full of loopholes — it's riddled with problems.

Tips

memory

千 (thousand) + 疮 (wounds/sores) + 百 (hundred) + 孔 (holes) = thousands of wounds and hundreds of holes. Imagine something so damaged it looks like Swiss cheese with open sores — utterly dilapidated.

Stroke Order

千 qiān

疮 chuāng

百 bǎi

孔 kǒng