潦草 liáo cǎo — slipshod; careless; slovenly

Meanings

1. 1

   slipshod; careless; slovenly

   slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible

   adjective

Character breakdown

• 草

  cǎo (third tone, dipping)

  grass, straw; rough, careless; a draft, a rough copy; the cursive script

  9 strokes⿱艹早Radical 艸

Words containing 草

• 草cǎo (third tone, dipping)grass; a low plant
• 草原cǎo (third tone, dipping) yuán (second tone, rising)grassland
• 草坪cǎo (third tone, dipping) píng (second tone, rising)lawn
• 草地cǎo (third tone, dipping) dì (fourth tone, falling)lawn
• 起草qǐ (third tone, dipping) cǎo (third tone, dipping)draft (a bill)
• 草案cǎo (third tone, dipping) àn (fourth tone, falling)draft (legislation
• 稻草dào (fourth tone, falling) cǎo (third tone, dipping)rice straw
• 草率cǎo (third tone, dipping) shuài (fourth tone, falling)careless
• 斩草除根/斬草除根zhǎn (third tone, dipping) cǎo (third tone, dipping) chú (second tone, rising) gēn (first tone, high and level)to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
• 奇花异草/奇花異草qí (second tone, rising) huā (first tone, high and level) yì (fourth tone, falling) cǎo (third tone, dipping)very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)