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草草收兵
cǎo​cǎo​shōu​bīng

to end a task sloppily

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 草 cǎo
    reduplication
    careless
    careless; hasty; rough; sloppy
  2. 收兵 shōu​bīng
    to finish work
    (metaphorical) To wind up an activity or call it a day; often used in the negative to mean a task is not yet over