馊主意 (sōu zhǔ yì) — bad idea; lousy idea (colloquial)

Definition

Examples

• 别听他的，那是个馊主意。
  Bié tīng tā de, nà shì gè sōu zhǔ yì.
  Don't listen to him, that's a bad idea.
• 他出的全是馊主意，从来没人采纳。
  Tā chū de quán shì sōu zhǔ yì, cóng lái méi rén cǎi nà.
  All the ideas he comes up with are lousy—nobody ever adopts them.
• 与其想这些馊主意，不如踏踏实实做事。
  Yǔ qí xiǎng zhè xiē sōu zhǔ yì, bù rú tā tā shi shí zuò shì.
  Instead of thinking up these bad ideas, you'd better do things steadily.

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