大乱斗

大亂鬥

dàluàndòu

noun

Meanings

1 all-out brawl / free-for-all (gaming mode)
2 ARAM (LoL: All Random All Mid)
3 Super Smash Bros. (Chinese title 任天堂明星大乱斗)

Characters

chaotic / disorderly

to fight / battle

Examples

今晚来一把大乱斗放松一下。

Jīn wǎn lái yī bǎ dàluàndòu fàngsōng yīxià.

Let's play a round of ARAM tonight to relax.

任天堂明星大乱斗是Switch上的招牌游戏之一。

Rèntiāntáng Míngxīng Dàluàndòu shì Switch shàng de zhāopái yóuxì zhī yī.

Super Smash Bros. is one of the flagship games on Switch.

Tips

culture

Two main referents: (1) In LoL chat, 大乱斗 is the standard nickname for ARAM (单机 random-pick mid-only mode), shorter and more relaxed than ranked. (2) 任天堂明星大乱斗 is the official Chinese title of Super Smash Bros. The shared sense is 'chaotic free-for-all fighting'.

memory

大 (big) + 乱 (chaotic) + 斗 (fight). Visualize a chaotic brawl — the meaning is right there in the characters. 斗 here is dòu ('to fight'), not dǒu ('a unit of measure').

Stroke Order

大 dà

乱 luàn

斗 dòu