倒瀉籮蟹 (dou2 se3*2 lo4 haai5 | ) : chaotic; messy

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倒瀉籮蟹

dou2 se3*2 lo4 haai5

chaotic; messy; disorderly; make a mess
[literal] overturn a basket of crabs
[variant] 倒卸籮蟹;[國] 狼狽不堪

(1) This is actually the first part of a two-part allegorical saying with 立立亂 as the second part. Being a straightforward explanation of the first part, the second part is always left out unsaid.
(2) This idiom is often used as part of the simile 好似倒瀉籮蟹噉.

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

倒瀉籮蟹 / 倒泻箩蟹

This word has been viewed 2761 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 28th May 2007 22:16 and last edited on 13th Oct 2018 01:05

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倒 dou2 dou3 - fall over; pour out; turn upside down
瀉 se3 se2 - pour out; loose bowels
籮 lo4 - bamboo basket
蟹 haai5 - crab

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