潦草 meaning in English
slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
Meaning of 潦草
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
liáocǎo
- slipshod; careless; slovenly
- (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
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潦 lǎo · to flood · 15 strokes
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草 cǎo · grass · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 潦草.
| 草地 | cǎodì | lawn; meadow |
| 草原 | cǎoyuán | grassland; prairie |
| 草坪 | cǎopíng | lawn |
| 起草 | qǐcǎo | to make a draft; to draw up (plans) |
| 稻草 | dàocǎo | rice straw |
| 草案 | cǎo'àn | draft (legislation, proposal etc) |
| 斩草除根 | zhǎncǎo-chúgēn | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate com |
| 奇花异草 | qíhuā-yìcǎo | (idiom) rare or exotic flowers and plants |
| 草莓 | cǎoméi | strawberry; (Tw) hickey |
| 香草 | xiāngcǎo | aromatic herb; vanilla |
| 烟草 | yāncǎo | tobacco |
| 杂草 | zácǎo | weeds |
Questions about 潦草
What does 潦草 mean?
潦草 (liáocǎo) means "slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible" and is used as a adjective.
How do you write 潦草?
潦草 is made of 2 characters: 潦 (15 strokes), 草 (9 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.
Is 潦草 an HSK word?
Yes. 潦草 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.