草草收兵
cǎo​cǎo​shōu​bīng

to end a task sloppily

  • created sense approved 草草收兵 · cǎo​cǎo​shōu​bīng · to end a task sloppily — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    草草收兵

    cǎo​cǎo​shōu​bīng

    to end a task sloppily

    To hastily or sloppily retreat from a task; to conclude a matter in a half-hearted or perfunctory manner (literally: to hastily withdraw troops)

    草草 (reduplication) → 草 · cǎo · careless 收兵 (literal) → 收兵 · shōu​bīng · to finish work

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense