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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

潦草 [liáocǎo]
  1. 1. adjective [字迹] illegible
  2. 2. adjective [做事] sloppy
    办事潦草
    do things sloppily

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

潦草 [liáocǎo]
  1. 1. 字迹不工整
    字迹潦草
  2. 2. 做事不细致,不认真
    这件事很重要,不要潦草从事。

Examples

字迹潦草
The writing is illegible.
干活儿潦草
work in a slipshod way
潦草
板书切忌潦草
这件事很重要,不要潦草从事。
Philip scrawled the number on the pad by the phone.
菲利普在电话旁的便笺簿上潦草地写下了电话号码。
The handwriting on the note was simply awful.
便条上的笔迹太潦草了。

Word Decomposition


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