杂乱无章

zá luàn wú zhāng

a jumble; disorganised

Character by character

杂zá
mixed

乱luàn
messy

无wú
no

章zhāng
pattern

这篇文章写得杂乱无章，看不出重点。

This essay is all over the place; you can't find the main point.

Tone: negative (criticism).

章 = order, structure. For rooms, writing and ideas. Opposite: 井井有条.

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