"Shoddy" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 水 |  shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |   |
| 劣质 | liè zhì | shoddy / of poor quality | |
| 蹩脚 | bié jiǎo | inferior / shoddy / lousy / lame | |
| 充好 | chōng hǎo | to substitute shoddy goods | |
| 拿不出手 | ná bù chū shǒu | not presentable / shoddy and too embarrassing to show | |
| 宁缺毋滥 | nìng quē wú làn | better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom) / would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option | |
