"Mess" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 搞砸 | gǎo zá | to mess (sth) up / to foul up / to spoil |  |
| 乱七八糟 | luàn qī bā zāo | everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / at sixes and sevens |  |
| 一塌糊涂 | yī tā hú tu | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom) / in an awful condition / complete shambles / a total mess | |
| 杂乱 | zá luàn | in a mess / in a jumble / chaotic | |
| 失事 | shī shì | (of a plane, ship etc) to have an accident (plane crash, shipwreck, vehicle collision etc) / to mess things up | |
| 乱来 | luàn lái | to act recklessly / to mess around | |
| 饭盒 | fàn hé | lunchbox / mess tin | |
| 零乱 | líng luàn | in disorder / a complete mess | |
| 狼藉 | láng jí | in a mess / scattered about / in complete disorder | |
| 乱糟糟 | luàn zāo zāo | chaotic / topsy turvy / a complete mess | |
| 杂乱无章 | zá luàn wú zhāng | disordered and in a mess (idiom) / all mixed up and chaotic | |
| 搅和 | jiǎo huo | to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) | |
| 一团糟 | yī tuán zāo | chaos / bungle / complete mess / shambles | |
| 胡来 | hú lái | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble | |
| 饭厅 | fàn tīng | dining room / dining hall / mess hall | |
| 乱搞 | 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 | |
| 内忧外患 | nèi yōu wài huàn | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad | |
| 翻江倒海 | fān jiāng dǎo hǎi | lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess | |
| 烂摊子 | làn tān zi | terrible mess / shambles | |
| 人仰马翻 | rén yǎng mǎ fān | to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) | |
| 脏乱 | zāng luàn | dirty and disordered / in a mess | |
| 搞乱 | gǎo luàn | to mess up / to mismanage / to bungle / to confuse / to muddle | |
| 弄乱 | nòng luàn | to mess up / to put into disorder / to meddle with / to confuse | |
| 乱套 | luàn tào | in a mess / upside down | |
| 小灶 | xiǎo zào | mess hall for high-ranking cadres / (fig.) special treatment / cf. 大灶[da4 zao4] | |
| 一锅粥 | yī guō zhōu | (lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess | |
| 纷杂 | 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 | zhuā nao | to scratch / to mess about with / to quarrel / to scramble to do / sb or sth that one can rely on | |
| 瞎搞 | xiā gǎo | to fool around / to mess with / to do sth without a plan | |
| 整 |  zhěng | exactly / in good order / whole / complete / entire / in order / orderly / to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb | |
| 伙夫 | huǒ fū | mess cook (old) | |
| 糊涂账 | hú tu zhàng | muddled accounts / a mess of bookkeeping | |
| 乌七八糟 | wū qī bā zāo | everything in disorder (idiom) / in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy | |
| 帮厨 | bāng chú | help in the mess kitchen | |
| 弄糟 | nòng zāo | to spoil / to mess up | |
| 摆乌龙 | bǎi wū lóng | to mess sth up / to screw up | |
| 参差错落 | cēn cī cuò luò | uneven and jumbled (idiom) / irregular and disorderly / in a tangled mess | |
| 横三竖四 | héng sān shù sì | in disorder / in a tremendous mess | |
| 擦屁股 | cā pì gu | to wipe one’s ass / (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess | |
| 捅娄子 | tǒng lóu zi | to make a mess of sth | |
| 怎么得了 | zěn me dé liǎo | how can this be? / what's to be done? / what an awful mess! | |
| 凸槌 | tū chuí | (slang) (Tw) to mess up / to screw up | |
| 内忧外困 | nèi yōu wài kùn | internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad | |
| 凌乱不堪 | líng luàn bù kān | in a terrible mess (idiom) | |
| 受瘪 | 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 | 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 | Mess Manager | | |
| 炊事设施 | kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment | | |
| 膳食设备 | kitchen and mess hall facilities / kitchen / dining unit / catering and messing equipment | | |
| 动手脚 | dòng shǒu jiǎo | (coll.) to tamper with / to mess around with | |
| 瞎弄 | xiā nòng | to fool around with / to mess with | |
| 收拾残局 | shōu shi cán jú | to clear up the mess / to pick up the pieces | |
| 一团乱糟 | 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 | luàn chéng yī tuán | in a great mess / chaotic | |
