烂摊子

làn tān zi · lan tan zi

Traditional 爛攤子

Meaning

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  1. terrible mess; shambles

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)很(hěn)快(kuài)就(jiù)这(zhè)烂(làn)摊(tān)子(zi)收(shōu)拾(shi)好(hǎo)了(le)。

She quickly cleaned up the mess.

02

新(xīn)经(jīng)理(lǐ)接(jiē)手(shǒu)了(le)这(zhè)个(ge)烂(làn)摊(tān)子(zi),压(yā)力(lì)很(hěn)大(dà)。

The new manager took over this terrible mess and is under a lot of pressure.

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