lộn thừng lộn chão
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Meaning · English
Completely confused or disorganized
Literally: turn over rope turn over saddle
Examples
Sau khi bị sa thải, anh ấy lộn thừng lộn chão và không biết làm gìAfter being fired, he was completely confused and didn't know what to do
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “lộn thừng lộn chão” mean?
Completely confused or disorganized Literally: turn over rope turn over saddle
Is “lộn thừng lộn chão” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.