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亂

简乱 · 繁亂

Mandarin · pinyin luàn

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乱: luàn · confusion, state of chaos, revolt

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4 · luan4

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Cantonese word readings for 亂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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disorderly; messy; chaotic
unstable; volatile; turbulent
unrest; uprising; revolt; rebellion
confused; befuddled
distraught; upset
promiscuous
wildly; in an uncontrolled way; without order or reason; at random; haphazardly; having no direction or coherence; recklessly; arbitrarily
to obscure; to blur; to mix up
to destroy; to ruin; to throw into disorder; to upset
(obsolete, literary, music or poetry) coda; finale; conclusion of a piece
(Classical) to administer; to govern; to manage
(rare and obsolete) to cross a body of water
(Penang Hokkien) being noisy

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(Teochew) casually; as one pleases

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