HSK 4 HSK V7-9
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马虎

/ mǎhu /
Strokes

Definition

careless/sloppy/negligent/skimpy

Example

As an Adjective

careless; sloppy

1
Zuòshì
做事
hu
马马虎虎
buháng
不行
  
!

One mustn't be careless with his work. / One mustn't be negligent in his work.

2
zhège
这个
rén
tài
hu
马虎
  

He is rather a careless fellow.

3
hu
马虎
xíngshì
行事

do things in a perfunctory/slapdash manner; be perfunctory in doing things