仓促 (cāng cù) — hasty, hurried (often implying insufficient preparation); abrupt, all of a sudden (in a rushed manner)
Definition
仓促 stresses insufficient preparation — rushed and therefore underdone. Unlike 匆忙 (just hurried), 仓促 implies the result suffered; 突然 / 忽然 describe timing, not poor readiness.
adjective
hastyhurried (often implying insufficient preparation)abruptall of a sudden (in a rushed manner)
Examples
- 仓促，。Zhè cì lǚ xíng zhǔn bèi dé tài cāng cù, chū fā shí cái fā xiàn wàng dài le hěn duō dōng xī.This trip was prepared too hastily — only when we left did we find we'd forgotten to bring many things.
- 仓促，。Tā cāng cù dì qiān le hé tong, shì hòu cái hòu huǐ méi yǒu zǐ xì yuè dú tiáo kuǎn.He signed the contract hurriedly, and only later regretted not reading the terms carefully.
- 仓促，。Yīn wèi shí jiān cāng cù, wǒ men zhǐ néng jiǎn dān chī gè wǔ fàn jiù chū fā le.Because time was tight, we could only have a quick lunch and then set off.
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