胡亂

胡乱
húluàn
  1. careless
  2. reckless
  3. casually
  4. absent-mindedly
  5. at will
  6. at random
  7. any old how

CEDICT

  1. as one pleases; as one likes; whatever one wants
  2. at random; casually; carelessly

Wiktionary

草率、隨便。

重編國語辭典

Examples

他胡亂把書本放在架上。

He put the books on the shelf out of order.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

=1 胡 hú
  1. non-Han people, esp. from central Asia
  2. reckless
  3. outrageous
  4. what?
  5. why?
  6. to complete a winning hand at mahjong (also written 和 hú)
=1 胡 hú used in 衚衕 hútòng
=1 胡 hú
  1. beard
  2. mustache
  3. whiskers
2 亂 luàn
  1. in confusion or disorder
  2. in a confused state of mind
  3. disorder
  4. upheaval
  5. riot
  6. illicit sexual relations
  7. to throw into disorder
  8. to mix up
  9. indiscriminate
  10. random
  11. arbitrary

Containing this entry

丁卯胡亂 Dīngmǎo Húluàn first Manchu invasion of Korea (1627)
丙子胡亂 Bǐngzǐ Húluàn second Manchu invasion of Korea (1636)
打胡亂說 da³fu²nuan⁴so²
胡亂邦 Hú Luànbāng

Related entries

大意 dàyi careless
我承认我大意了。

I admit that I was careless.

Source: Tatoeba

大而化之 dàérhuàzhī
  1. careless
  2. sloppy
漫不經心 mànbùjīngxīn
  1. careless
  2. heedless
  3. absent-minded
  4. indifferent
漫不經意 mànbùjīngyì
  1. careless
  2. unconcerned
眉毛鬍子一把抓 méimaohúziyībǎzhuā
  1. careless
  2. any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
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