- 粗心大意 cūxīndàyì carelessnegligent; inadvertent; to act without sufficient care or attention
- 麻痹大意 mábìdàyì negligentto be unwary or careless; lacking in vigilance or caution
- 疏忽大意 shūhudàyì careless and negligentto be neglectful and careless; oversight or negligence
- 大意失荆州 dàyishījīngzhōu to suffer a major setback due to carelessnessto lose a critical position or suffer a major defeat because of negligence. This idiom refers to the historical event where the general [[关羽|關羽|guan1 yu3]] lost [[荆州|荊州|jing1 zhou1]] to his rivals during the Three Kingdoms period.