马仰人翻mǎ yǎng rén fānhorses and men thrown off their feet—utterly defeated (/routed); in a tumult; make a shocking (/terrible) mess of things
❍ 那女子又说道：“弄这块石头，何至于闹的这等～的呀？”(鲁迅《中国小说史略》241) She said: “What is all this commotion about a stone?”/所以荣府中又闹得～的。(《红楼梦》1476)So once again the Rong Mansion was in a tumult.
❍ 到底叫我闹了个～，更不成个体统。(《红楼梦》177)❶As usual I made a shocking mess of things—even worse than here.
❷I’m afraid I made a terrible mess of it—even worse than I did here. |