草率收兵
草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted; half-baked
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- (verb, idiom) to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
- half-baked
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Related Words
一暴十寒(yī pù shí hán)· one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→一曝十寒(yī pù shí hán)· one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
→草草收兵(cǎo cǎo shōu bīng)· to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
→偷工减料(tōu gōng jiǎn liào)· to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
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