兵荒马乱 bīnghuāngmǎluàn ravaged by war Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 兵 bīng army army; troops; military forces荒 huāng panicky panicky; flustered; in a hurry马 馬 mǎ noun horse horse; any animal of the horse family; large mammal used for riding, pulling carts, or farm work乱 亂 luàn nounverb upheaval disorder; upheaval; riot; war or political unrest