Definition

Examples

• 公司现在已经成了一个乱摊子，谁也管不了。
  Gōngsī xiànzài yǐjīng chéng le yí gè luàn tān zǐ, shéi yě guǎn bù liǎo.
  The company has become a hopeless mess now; no one can manage it.
• 这个乱摊子需要花很长时间来收拾。
  Zhège luàn tān zǐ xūyào huā hěn cháng shíjiān lái shōushi.
  This mess will take a long time to clean up.
• 他把原来的乱摊子整顿好了。
  Tā bǎ yuánlái de luàn tān zǐ zhěngdùn hǎo le.
  He cleaned up the original mess.