careless; negligent
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesadjective
careless; negligent; inattentive
Often used in the chengyu 粗心大意. Implies a lack of attention to detail that leads to mistakes. Can be used as a predicate or adverbially.
Cū粗
xīn心
dà大
yì意
huì会
dǎo导
zhì致
yán严
zhòng重
de的
cuò错
wù误
。
Carelessness will lead to serious mistakes.
Tā他
tài太
dà大
yi意
le了
，
lián连
zhè这
yàng样
de的
cuò错
wù误
dōu都
méi没
jiǎn检
chá查
chū出
lái来
。
He was too careless; he didn't even catch such an obvious mistake.
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Zuò做
shì事
bù不
néng能
dà大
yi意
，
yào要
rèn认
zhēn真
zǐ仔
xì细
。
One cannot be careless when doing things; one must be serious and meticulous.
Zhè这
cì次
shī失
bài败
shì是
yīn因
wèi为
wǒ我
men们
tài太
dà大
yi意
le了
。
This failure was because we were too careless.