糟糕 zāo gāo too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 可怕 kě pà awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly syn 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible / frightful / frightening / terror / terrorist syn 厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible / intense / severe / devastating / amazing / awesome / outstanding / (of a person) stern / strict / harsh / shrewd / tough / (of an animal) fierce / (of a resemblance) striking / (of liquor or chili pepper) strong / (of bacteria) virulent syn 一团糟 一團糟 yī tuán zāo chaos / bungle / complete mess / shambles syn 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) / in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess syn 乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly / to mess around syn 失事 shī shì (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up 搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn 够呛 夠嗆 gòu qiàng unbearable / terrible / enough / unlikely syn 乱套 亂套 luàn tào in a mess / upside down syn 乱糟糟 亂糟糟 luàn zāo zāo chaotic / topsy turvy / a complete mess syn 胡来 胡來 hú lái to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble syn 大发雷霆 大發雷霆 dà fā léi tíng to be furious / to fly into a terrible rage syn 杂乱 雜亂 zá luàn in a mess / in a jumble / chaotic syn 饭厅 飯廳 fàn tīng dining room / dining hall / mess hall syn 狼藉 láng jí in a mess / scattered about / in complete disorder syn 骇人听闻 駭人聽聞 hài rén tīng wén shocking / horrifying / atrocious / terrible syn 饭盒 飯盒 fàn hé lunchbox / mess tin 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 zuì dà è jí guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible syn 了不得 liǎo bu de terrific / terrible / (after 得[de5]) very syn 杂乱无章 雜亂無章 zá luàn wú zhāng disordered and in a mess (idiom) / all mixed up and chaotic syn 脏乱 髒亂 zāng luàn dirty and disordered / in a mess syn 一锅粥 一鍋粥 yī guō zhōu (lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess syn 翻江倒海 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess syn 人仰马翻 人仰馬翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) syn 惨祸 慘禍 cǎn huò terrible tragedy / grave mishap 零乱 零亂 líng luàn in disorder / a complete mess syn 生灵涂炭 生靈塗炭 shēng líng tú tàn people are in a terrible situation (idiom) syn 小灶 xiǎo zào mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 乱搞 亂搞 luàn gǎo to make a mess / to mess with / to be wild / to sleep around / to jump into bed 七上八下 qī shàng bā xià at sixes and sevens / perturbed state of mind / in a mess syn 内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad syn 搞乱 搞亂 gǎo luàn to mess up / to mismanage / to bungle / to confuse / to muddle 弄乱 弄亂 nòng luàn to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse 纷杂 紛雜 fēn zá numerous and confused / in a mess 胡搞 hú gǎo to mess around / to mess with something / to have an affair 抓挠 抓撓 zhuā nao to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on syn 瞎搞 xiā gǎo to fool around / to mess with / to do sth without a plan 臭 chòu stench / smelly / to smell (bad) / repulsive / loathsome / terrible / bad / severely / ruthlessly / dud (ammunition) syn 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess syn 乌七八糟 烏七八糟 wū qī bā zāo everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy syn 帮厨 幫廚 bāng chú help in the mess kitchen syn 伙夫 huǒ fū mess cook (old) syn 糊涂账 糊塗賬 hú tu zhàng muddled accounts / a mess of bookkeeping 弄糟 nòng zāo to spoil / to mess up 摆乌龙 擺烏龍 bǎi wū lóng to mess sth up / to screw up 捅娄子 捅婁子 tǒng lóu zi to make a mess of sth syn 怎么得了 怎麼得了 zěn me dé liǎo how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess! 参差错落 參差錯落 cēn cī cuò luò uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess 横三竖四 橫三豎四 héng sān shù sì in disorder / in a tremendous mess 凌乱不堪 凌亂不堪 líng luàn bù kān in a terrible mess (idiom) 空部 kōng bù terrible; 害人精 hài rén jīng goblin that kills or harms people / fig. wicked scoundrel / terrible pest 杯具 bēi jù cup / (slang) (pun on 悲劇|悲剧[bei1 ju4], tragedy) so bad / terrible / bummer / fiasco / debacle 一哭二闹三上吊 一哭二鬧三上吊 yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào to make a terrible scene (idiom) / to throw a tantrum 洋罪 yáng zuì terrible pain / torture / (coll.) pain suffered at the hands of foreigners 鲜花插在牛粪上 鮮花插在牛糞上 xiān huā chā zài niú fèn shàng lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man) 一哭二闹三上吊 一哭二鬧三上吊 yī - kū èr - nào sān - shàng diào lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / fig. to make a terrible scene / to throw a tantrum 内忧外困 內憂外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad 受瘪 受癟 shòu biě discomfited / to get into a mess 大灶 dà zào large kitchen stove made from bricks or earth / (PRC) ordinary mess hall (lowest dining standard, ranked below 中灶[zhong1 zao4] for mid-level cadres and 小灶[xiao3 zao4] for the most privileged) 搞乌龙 搞烏龍 gǎo wū lóng to mess sth up 褶子了 zhě zi le to make a mess of sth / to bungle / to mismanage 食堂经理 食堂經理 Mess Manager 炊事设施 炊事設施 kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment 膳食设备 膳食設備 kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment 动手脚 動手腳 dòng shǒu jiǎo (coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with 瞎弄 xiā nòng to fool around with / to mess with 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up / to foul up / to spoil 收拾残局 收拾殘局 shōu shi cán jú to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces 凸槌 tū chuí (slang) (Tw) to mess up / to screw up 一团乱糟 一團亂糟 yī tuán luàn zāo a chaotic mess 中灶 zhōng zào mess hall for mid-level cadres / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] 乱成一团 亂成一團 luàn chéng yī tuán in a great mess / chaotic syn 