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The Chinese character 紊 (wěn) means tangled, confused, or disordered, with its meaning rooted in the physical properties of thread. Structurally, it consists of the top component 文 (wén), meaning pattern or script, which provides the phonetic element, and the bottom silk radical 糸 (mì), which gives the character its semantic association with the tangling or disarray of silk threads. This original image of knotted fibers later extended to abstract concepts like systemic chaos, administrative confusion, or the breakdown of social order, making 紊 common in terms describing disruption, metabolic disorders, and chaotic situations in both classical and modern Chinese.
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他的生活紊乱。
市场秩序紊乱。
因为停电，秩序紊乱。
他的思绪紊乱，无法集中。
飞机遇到紊流。
经济系统出现紊乱。
秩序一旦紊乱，恢复就很困难。
由于管理不善，公司运营逐渐紊乱，效益下降。