- muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition
- complete shambles
- a total mess
Characters
- 一 (一): one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- 塌 (塌): to collapse; to droop; to settle down
- 糊 (䊀): variant of 糊[hu2]
- 涂 (塗): to apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub; to blot out; to scribble; to scrawl; (literary) mud; street
Resources
- Wiktionary: 一塌糊涂
- MDBG: 一塌糊涂
- Examples with 一塌糊涂 on Tatoeba
Examples
全都一塌糊塗。
這個路口正在翻修，被挖得一塌糊塗。