| Change log entry 90991 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2025-07-27 03:18:02 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 83067 - submitted by 'ig3' >> At https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?page=worddict&email=&wdrst=0&wdqb=%E5%85%B5%E8%8D%92%E9%A9%AC%E4%B9%B1, correct a typo: 'munity' -> 'mutiny' ---------------- Editor: Thanks, but I believe "mutiny" was added in error anyway. "mutiny" and "rebel" are spurious because the idiom does not refer to troops turning against their leaders – it's about generalized disorder, not about a rebellion within the army. The components 兵 (troops) and 马 (horses) refer broadly to military forces, not rebellious forces. Ex. a) "war-torn; ravaged by war" 當時兵荒馬亂，政府財政困難，沒有餘力去安置他們， 魏晉以降，不時改朝換代，兵荒馬亂，遊俠得以大展身手。 "At the end of the Wei-Jin period, with new dynasties lasting but a few years and the country ravaged by war, the ranks of the knights-errant grew tremendously." b) "in utter chaos" (not necessarily due to war) 四月二十四日，和平醫院倉促封院；緊接著二十九日，離和平不遠的台北仁濟醫院也被迫關閉。在一片兵荒馬亂中，幸虧前台北市衛生局長葉金川自願隻身前進火線鎮守，才將局面穩定下來。然而傷害已經造成，迄今仍有六十多位列為可能或疑似病例的和平醫護人員，在病榻上和死神苦苦搏鬥，情況只能用「慘烈」來形容。 |
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# 兵荒馬亂 兵荒马乱 [[bing1 huang1 ma3 luan4]] /soldiers mutiny and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war/ + 兵荒馬亂 兵荒马乱 [[bing1huang1-ma3luan4]] /(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos/ |