all a hideous mess(qī líng bā luò)

all a hideous mess

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ī L í NGB ā luॸ, is used to describe the appearance of scattered and sparse, especially refers to the original many and neat things now scattered. It comes from Jianzhong Jingguo xudeng Lu.

The origin of Idioms

Volume 6 of Wei Bai's Jianzhong Jingguo xudeng Lu in Song Dynasty: "tasteless talk, scattered."

Idiom usage

It's a small family property. It's a small family property. Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan in Ming Dynasty (Volume 16)

Chinese PinYin : qī líng bā luò