xáo lộn
Definition
- 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.)