一锅粥

(lit.) a pot of porridge / (fig.) a complete mess

one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit

pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

see 葷粥|荤粥[Xun1 yu4]

congee / gruel / porridge / CL:碗[wan3]

lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom) / fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1]