杂陈

雜陳

záchén

verb

Meanings

HSK 7-9

市场上各种货物杂陈，看得人眼花缭乱。

Shìchǎng shàng gèzhǒng huòwù záchén, kàn de rén yǎnhuā-liáoluàn.

All kinds of goods lay jumbled together in the market, enough to make your head spin.

HSK 7-9

回到离开了二十年的老家，他心中悲喜杂陈。

Huídào líkāi le èrshí nián de lǎojiā, tā xīnzhōng bēixǐ záchén.

Back in the hometown he had left twenty years before, he felt joy and sorrow all mixed together.

usage

Mostly in 五味杂陈 'all five flavours mixed', mixed feelings. The reversed 五味陈杂 also occurs, but 五味杂陈 is the standard form.

杂 zá

陈 chén