一塌糊涂 (yī tā hú tu)

Character breakdown

• 一 (yī) · 1 strokes

  A single horizontal stroke, representing the number one.

• 塌 (tā) · 13 strokes

• 糊 (hú) · 15 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

• 涂 (tú) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Simplified form of 塗.

Usage

他把事情搞得一塌糊涂。

muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess

tā bǎ shì qíng gǎo dé yī tā hú tú 。