胡乱
hú luàn
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

二胡
èr hú
  1. 1 erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle)
  2. 2 alto fiddle
  3. 3 CL:把[bǎ]
胡
Hú
  1. 1 surname Hu
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡椒粉
hú jiāo fěn
  1. 1 ground pepper (i.e. powder)
胡萝卜
hú luó bo
  1. 1 carrot
胡子
hú zi
  1. 1 beard
  2. 2 mustache or whiskers
  3. 3 facial hair
  4. 4 CL:撮[zuǒ],根[gēn]
  5. 5 (coll.) bandit
死胡同
sǐ hú tòng
  1. 1 dead end
  2. 2 blind alley
胡乱
hú luàn
  1. 1 careless
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 casually
  4. 4 absent-mindedly
  5. 5 at will
  6. 6 at random
  7. 7 any old how
胡同
hú tòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
胡扯
hú chě
  1. 1 to chatter
  2. 2 nonsense
  3. 3 blather
胡搅
hú jiǎo
  1. 1 to disturb
  2. 2 to pester
胡桃
hú táo
  1. 1 walnut
胡椒
hú jiāo
  1. 1 pepper
胡萝卜素
hú luó bo sù
  1. 1 carotene
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
  1. 1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
  2. 2 double Dutch
胡话
hú huà
  1. 1 nonsense
  2. 2 ridiculous talk
  3. 3 hogwash
胡说
hú shuō
  1. 1 to talk nonsense
  2. 2 drivel
胡说八道
hú shuō bā dào
  1. 1 to talk rubbish
胡适
Hú Shì
  1. 1 Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bái huà wén]
胡锦涛
Hú Jǐn tāo
  1. 1 Hu Jintao (1942-), General Secretary of the CPC 2002-2012, president of the PRC 2003-2013

Idioms (13)

胡作非为
hú zuò fēi wéi
  1. 1 to run amok (idiom); to commit outrages
胡吹乱捧
hú chuī luàn pěng
  1. 1 indiscriminate admiration (idiom)
胡天胡帝
hú tiān hú dì
  1. 1 with all the majesty of an emperor (idiom)
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 intemperate
胡思乱想
hú sī luàn xiǎng
  1. 1 to indulge in flights of fancy (idiom)
  2. 2 to let one's imagination run wild
胡搅蛮缠
hú jiǎo mán chán
  1. 1 to pester endlessly (idiom)
  2. 2 an annoying troublemaker
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
  1. 1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
  2. 2 to make things up
胡言乱语
hú yán luàn yǔ
  1. 1 babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
  2. 2 double Dutch
胡诌乱傍
hú zhōu luàn bàng
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱扯
hú zhōu luàn chě
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌乱说
hú zhōu luàn shuō
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡诌乱道
hú zhōu luàn dào
  1. 1 to talk nonsense (idiom); saying whatever comes into his head
胡诌八扯
hú zhōu bā chě
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
随口胡诌
suí kǒu hú zhōu
  1. 1 to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head

Sample Sentences

密码到底是什么？”小尤胡乱地拨着密码锁上的数字，但始终无法打开。
mìmǎ dàodǐ shì shénme ？”Xiǎo Yóu húluàn de bō zhe mìmǎsuǒ shàng de shùzì ，dàn shǐzhōng wúfǎ dǎkāi 。
"What could the combination be?" Xiao You randomly input a few combinations, but they all failed to open the lock.
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我也差不多就中学时候认真看过。现在没感觉了，看到了就胡乱翻翻。
wǒ yě chàbuduō jiù zhōngxué shíhou rènzhēn kàn guo 。xiànzài méi gǎnjué le ，kàndào le jiù húluàn fān fan 。
I was pretty much a middle school student myself when I really sat down and read them. Now I'm not really into them. If I see one, I just flip through it casually.
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哎呀，时间来不及了，我胡乱吃了一点就出门了。
āiyā ，shíjiān láibují le ，wǒ húluàn chī le yīdiǎn jiù chūmén le 。
Argh, I was running out of time so I just grabbed a quick bite before I stepped out the door.
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我们一起出去吃饭，我不知道你喜欢吃什么，我胡乱点了几个菜。
wǒmen yīqǐ chūqù chīfàn ，wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ xǐhuan chī shénme ，wǒ húluàn diǎn le jǐ ge cài 。
If we go out to eat and I don't know what you like, I'll just order a few random dishes.
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他好像不喜欢那本书，只是胡乱翻了几页。
tā hǎoxiàng bù xǐhuan nà běn shū ，zhǐshì húluàn fān le jǐ yè 。
He doesn't really like that book. He just flipped through a few random pages.
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