乱七八糟

luàn qī bā zāo

in a complete mess

Character by character

乱luàn
chaos

七qī
seven

八bā
eight

糟zāo
mess

他的房间乱七八糟。

His room is a total mess.

Tone: negative (criticism).

Very colloquial; also for messy thoughts or situations.

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