心乱如麻

心亂如麻

xīnluàn-rúmá

idiom

Meanings

HSK 4

分手之后，她心乱如麻，工作都没法专心。

Fēnshǒu zhīhòu, tā xīnluàn-rúmá, gōngzuò dōu méifǎ zhuānxīn.

After the breakup her thoughts were tangled and she couldn't focus on work.

HSK 7-9

面对这么多问题，我心乱如麻，不知如何是好。

Miànduì zhème duō wèntí, wǒ xīnluàn-rúmá, bùzhī rúhé shì hǎo.

Faced with so many problems, my mind was in total disarray and I didn't know what to do.

memory

Picture unspun hemp fibers - thousands of strands impossible to separate. That chaos is the mental state described.

心 xīn

乱 luàn

如 rú

麻 má