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

HSK 4

今晚来一把大乱斗放松一下。

Jīnwǎn lái yī bǎ dàluàndòu fàngsōng yíxià.

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

HSK 7-9

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 zhīyī.

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 (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 dǒu