thick stems and broad leaves (idiom); boorish; rough and ready; sloppy
trad. 粗枝大葉
Also written 粗枝大葉【cū zhī dà yè】
Characters in this word
4粗
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(of sth long) wide; thick, (of sth granular) coarse, (of a voice) gruff, (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
- Pinyin
- cū
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10422 of 2500
枝
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branch, classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 38715 of 2500
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
叶
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to be in harmony
- Pinyin
- xié
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 8504 of 2500