草草收兵 cǎocǎoshōubīng to end a task sloppily Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 草 cǎo reduplication careless careless; hasty; rough; sloppy收兵 shōubīng 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