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潦草

Mandarin · pinyin liáo cǎo

Meanings

  1. slipshod; careless; slovenly
  2. (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
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潦
liáo · to flood; a puddle; without care
草
cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
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2–3 · liao2 cao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

liu2 cou2

Cantonese word readings for 潦草. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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liu2 cou2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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adj

  1. (of handwriting) hasty and careless; illegible
  2. sloppy; slovenly

noun

  1. (Cantonese, chiefly for English letters) cursive handwriting; cursive letters

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