脏乱

髒亂
zāngluàn
adjective #30,542

Meanings

  1. 1 dirty and disordered
  2. 2 filthy and chaotic
  3. 3 in a mess

Examples

Tā de fángjiān yòu zāng yòu luàn, jiǎnzhí méi fǎ kàn.
His room is filthy and chaotic — you can't even look at it.
Shì zhèngfǔ yào zhěngzhì zhè tiáo zāngluàn de xiǎo xiàng.
The city government wants to clean up this dirty, disorderly alley.

Tips

usage
脏乱 packs two complaints into one word: 'dirty' + 'messy/chaotic.' The four-character extension 脏乱 (zāngluàn-chà, 'dirty, chaotic, and substandard') is a common slogan used by Chinese municipal cleanup campaigns to describe slums and informal neighborhoods that need redevelopment.

Stroke Order

zāng
luàn