Definition

1. Verb:
   • To disturb; to disarrange; to mess up: To cause things to be out of their proper or usual order, creating a state of untidiness or confusion.
   • To turn upside down; to ransack: To search through something in a rough, hurried, or disorderly manner, often leaving it in disarray.
   • To disrupt; to throw into disorder: To interrupt the normal arrangement or functioning of a system, plan, or situation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Đừng xáo lộn các tài liệu trên bàn của tôi. (Do not disturb the documents on my desk.)
  • Kẻ trộm đã xáo lộn cả căn phòng. (The thief ransacked the entire room.)
  • Thông báo đột ngột này xáo lộn mọi kế hoạch của chúng tôi. (This sudden announcement disrupted all our plans.)

Advanced Usage

• "xáo lộn trật tự": to disrupt order; to cause disorder.
  • Sự kiện đó đã xáo lộn trật tự xã hội. (That event disrupted the social order.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sự xáo lộn (n): A disturbance; a disruption; a state of disorder.
  • Sự xáo lộn về chính trị khiến kinh tế bất ổn. (The political disruption caused economic instability.)

Synonyms

• Disturb: To interfere with the arrangement or condition of.
• Disarrange: To make something untidy or disordered.
• Disrupt: To interrupt the normal course of an activity or process.

Related Idioms

• Xáo lộn như chợ vỡ: To be in a state of utter chaos or pandemonium (literally: "disordered like a collapsed market").
  • Sau tin đồn, văn phòng xáo lộn như chợ vỡ. (After the rumor, the office was in utter chaos.)