粗制滥造 (cū zhì làn zào) — badly made, shoddy, slipshod (of products, work, writing, etc.)
Definition
A strong negative idiom meaning 'crudely made and sloppily produced' — used to sharply criticize poor-quality work, products, or writing. It is more emphatic and literary than everyday words like 不好.
idiom
badly madeshoddyslipshod (of products, work, writing, etc.)
Examples
- 粗制滥造。Zhè xiē cū zhì làn zào de chǎn pǐn hěn kuài jiù huài le.These shoddily made products broke quickly.
- 粗制滥造，。Nà bù diàn yǐng pāi dé cū zhì làn zào, guān zhòng hěn bù mǎn yì.That movie was made carelessly, and the audience was very dissatisfied.
- 粗制滥造，。Tā xiě wén zhāng cóng bù cū zhì làn zào, měi piān dōu rèn zhēn xiū gǎi.He never writes articles in a slipshod way; he revises every one carefully.
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