心乱如麻

心亂如麻
xīnluànrúmá
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 mind tangled like hemp fibers
  2. 2 thoughts in complete disarray
  3. 3 mentally overwhelmed

Examples

Miànduì zhème duō wèntí, wǒ xīn luàn rú má, bù zhī rúhé shì hǎo.
Faced with so many problems, my mind was in total disarray and I didn't know what to do.
Fēnshǒu zhīhòu, tā xīn luàn rú má, gōngzuò dōu méi fǎ zhuānxīn.
After the breakup her thoughts were tangled and she couldn't focus on work.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

xīn
luàn