杂七杂八 zá qī zá bā miscellaneous

Explanation

形容事物杂乱，种类繁多，没有条理。

Describes things as messy and diverse without order.

Origin Story

小明是一个喜欢收集各种各样东西的孩子，他的房间里堆满了玩具、书籍、邮票、石头等等，简直就是个杂七杂八的小仓库。有一天，小明的妈妈要帮他整理房间，可是面对这些杂七杂八的东西，她彻底晕了，不知道该从哪里下手。最后，她和爸爸一起花了整整一个下午，才把小明的房间收拾干净。虽然很累，但看到干净整洁的房间，他们都露出了欣慰的笑容。小明也意识到了自己东西太多太乱，以后要养成良好的收纳习惯。

xiǎoming shì yīgè xǐhuan shōují gèzhǒng gèyàng dōngxi de háizi, tā de fángjiān lǐ duī mǎn le wánjù, shūjí, yóupiào, shítou děngděng, jiǎnzhí jiù shì gè zá qī zá bā de xiǎo chǎngkù. yǒuyītiān, xiǎoming de māmā yào bāng tā zhěnglǐ fángjiān, kěshì miànduì zhèxiē zá qī zá bā de dōngxi, tā chèdǐ yūn le, bù zhīdào gāi cóng nǎlǐ xiàshǒu. zuìhòu, tā hé bàba yīqǐ huā le zhěngzhěng yīgè xiàwǔ, cái bǎ xiǎoming de fángjiān shōushi gānjìng. suīrán hěn lèi, dàn kàn dào gānjìng zhěngjié de fángjiān, tāmen dōu lù chū le xīnwèi de xiàoróng. xiǎoming yě yìshí dào le zìjǐ dōngxi tài duō tài luàn, yǐhòu yào yǎngchéng liánghǎo de shōunà xíguàn.

Xiaoming was a child who loved to collect all sorts of things. His room was piled high with toys, books, stamps, stones, and so on—a veritable hodgepodge. One day, Xiaoming's mother wanted to help him clean his room, but faced with all the miscellaneous items, she was completely overwhelmed and didn't know where to start. In the end, she and his father spent an entire afternoon tidying up Xiaoming's room. Although they were tired, they both smiled with relief when they saw the clean and tidy room. Xiaoming also realized that he had too many messy things and decided to develop good habits for storage in the future.

Usage

用来形容事物杂乱无章，种类繁多。

yòng lái xíngróng shìwù záluàn wúzhāng, zhǒnglèi fán duō

Used to describe things as messy and diverse.

Examples

• 他的房间里摆满了杂七杂八的东西。

  tā de fángjiān lǐ bǎi mǎn le zá qī zá bā de dōngxi

  His room is full of miscellaneous things.

• 桌子上杂七杂八地堆放着许多文件。

  zhuōzi shang zá qī zá bā de duī fàng zhe xǔduō wénjiàn

  Various documents are piled up on the desk in a mess.

Related Idioms

• 乱七八糟

• 五花八门

Opposite Idioms

• 井然有序

• 条理清晰