"Sloppy" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 马虎 | mǎ hu | careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy |   |
| 草率 | cǎo shuài | careless / negligent / sloppy / not serious | |
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní dài shuǐ | lit. wading in mud and water / a slovenly job / sloppy | |
| 吊儿郎当 | diào r láng dāng | sloppy | |
| 稀松 | xī sōng | poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous | |
| 粗枝大叶 | cū zhī dà yè | thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy | |
| 大而化之 | dà ér huà zhī | careless / sloppy | |
| 拖泥带水 | tuō ní - dài shuǐ | (idiom) muddy and wet / (idiom) (of speech, writing etc) slovenly / sloppy / (of actions) indecisive | |
| 偷工减料 | tōu gōng jiǎn liào | to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom) / jerry-building / sloppy work | |
| 草率收兵 | cǎo shuài shōu bīng | to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked | |
| 草草收兵 | cǎo cǎo shōu bīng | to work vaguely then retreat (idiom) / sloppy and half-hearted / half-baked | |
