草率收兵
cǎo shuài shōu bīng
Pinyin
Definition
草率收兵
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- to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
- half-baked
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 weaponry
- 2 weapons
- 3 arms
- 1 to receive
- 2 to accept
- 3 to collect
- 4 to put away
- 5 to restrain
- 6 to stop
- 7 in care of (used on address line after name)
- 1 to receive
- 1 to put in order
- 2 to tidy up
- 3 to pack
- 4 to repair
- 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
- 6 to fix sb
Idioms (20)
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
先礼后兵
- 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
- 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
全民皆兵
- 1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
兵不血刃
- 1 lit. no blood on the men's swords (idiom); fig. an effortless victory