tứ tung
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Definition
- Adjective/Adverb:
- Topsy-turvy, in a state of utter disorder: Describes a situation or objects scattered everywhere in complete chaos, without any order.
- All over the place, scattered everywhere: Indicates things are spread or thrown in many different, random locations.
Usage Examples
- Adjective/Adverb:
- Căn phòng bừa bộn, sách vở vứt tứ tung. (The room was messy, with books and papers thrown topsy-turvy.)
- Sau trận bão, cành cây ngã tứ tung trên đường. (After the storm, tree branches fell scattered all over the road.)
- Đồ chơi của trẻ con bày tứ tung trong phòng khách. (The children's toys were strewn all over the living room.)
Advanced Usage
- "tứ tung ngũ hoành": An intensified idiom meaning extreme, rampant disorder.
- Bọn trẻ nghịch ngợm, làm căn phòng tứ tung ngũ hoành. (The mischievous children made the room utterly chaotic and topsy-turvy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Bừa bộn (adj): Messy, untidy.
- Lộn xộn (adj): Disorderly, chaotic.
- Linh tinh (adj): Assorted, miscellaneous (often scattered).
Synonyms
- Hỗn độn: Chaotic, tumultuous.
- Láo nháo: Noisy and disorderly confusion.
- Bát nháo: Complete mess, bedlam.
Related Phrases (Idioms/Collocations)
- Vứt/vung vãi tứ tung: To throw/scatter things everywhere.
- Đừng vứt quần áo tứ tung trên sàn. (Don't throw your clothes all over the floor.)
- Chạy tứ tung: To run helter-skelter, in all directions.
- Nghe tiếng nổ, mọi người hoảng hốt chạy tứ tung. (Hearing the explosion, people panicked and ran helter-skelter.)
- Tìm tứ tung: To search high and low, everywhere.
- Tôi đã tìm chìa khóa tứ tung mà không thấy. (I searched for the key high and low but couldn't find it.)
- topsy-turvy