亂過黎巴嫩

Chinese

	disorderly; chaotic	more ... than	Lebanon
trad. (亂過黎巴嫩)	亂	過	黎巴嫩
simp. (乱过黎巴嫩)	乱	过	黎巴嫩
Literally: “more chaotic than Lebanon”.

Etymology

A pun on the last syllable of 黎巴嫩 (lai⁴ baa¹ nyun⁶, “Lebanon”), which is a (near) homophone of 亂 / 乱 (lyun⁶, “messy; chaotic; disorderly”).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lyun⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ baa¹ nyun⁶

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lyun⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ baa¹ nyun⁶
  - Yale: lyuhn gwo làih bā nyuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lyn⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ baa¹ nyn⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lün⁶ guo³ lei⁴ ba¹ nün⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːn²² kʷɔː³³ lɐi̯²¹ paː⁵⁵ nyːn²²/

Idiom

亂過黎巴嫩

(Cantonese, simile) very messy; very chaotic
- 2004 January 17, 郭某人, “不敢試的春天”, in 開飯喇 [OpenRice]‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 April 2025:
  
  只見樓面好迫, 但有七八個侍應走來走去, 洗碗的又捧住 d 碗周圍騰, 總之成個環境就亂過黎巴嫩。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  只见楼面好迫, 但有七八个侍应走来走去, 洗碗的又捧住 d 碗周围腾, 总之成个环境就乱过黎巴嫩。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  zi² gin³ lau⁴ min^6-2 hou² bik¹, daan⁶ jau⁵ cat¹ baat³ go³ si⁶ jing³ zau² loi⁴ zau² heoi³, sai² wun² dik¹ jau⁶ bung² zyu⁶ di¹ wun² zau¹ wai⁴ tan⁴, zung² zi¹ seng⁴ go³ waan⁴ ging² zau⁶ lyun⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ baa¹ nyun⁶. [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018 January 19, “販私煙牟取暴利假難民無孔不入”, in 東方日報 [Oriental Daily News]‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 January 2018:
  
  睇到喇，舉凡有利可圖，假難民都有殺錯冇放過，香港有乜法子唔亂過黎巴嫩吖！ [Cantonese, trad.]
  睇到喇，举凡有利可图，假难民都有杀错冇放过，香港有乜法子唔乱过黎巴嫩吖！ [Cantonese, simp.]
  tai² dou² laa³, geoi² faan⁴ jau⁵ lei⁶ ho² tou⁴, gaa² naan⁶ man⁴ dou¹ jau⁵ saat³ co³ mou⁵ fong³ gwo³, hoeng¹ gong² jau⁵ mat¹ faat³ zi² m⁴ lyun⁶ gwo³ lai⁴ baa¹ nyun⁶ aa¹! [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)