- in disorder; at sixes and sevens; higgledy-piggledy
- ♦ 满院子~的绳子上, 晒着各家的破衣破被。 Lines are strung across here and there on which the families have hung out their old and tattered clothes and bedding to dry.
- ♦ 屋子里~地堆放着许多杂物。 The room was cluttered with all sorts of things.