稀里嘩啦
Chinese
diluted; sparse | li, a Chinese unit of length | cat-calling sound; clamor; noise cat-calling sound; clamor; noise; crashing sound | (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.) (an auxiliary word performing the grammatical functions of mood); fusion of le + a; (onomat.); (phonetic) | ||
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trad. (稀里嘩啦/稀里譁啦) | 稀 | 里 | 嘩/譁 | 啦 | |
simp. (稀里哗啦) | 稀 | 里 | 哗 | 啦 |
Pronunciation
Adjective
稀里嘩啦
- (informal, ideophonic, onomatopoeia) Describes certain rattling or clattering sounds, such as an object falling (and breaking into pieces), a building collapsing, rain falling, or someone crying or weeping uncontrollably.
- (informal, ideophonic) Describes an embarrassing, crushed or defeated situation.