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拍脑袋

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Collocation

1
拍一下脑袋
2
拍拍脑袋
3
靠拍脑袋……(做某事)

Definition

拍脑袋

Literally means:

pat one's head

Actually means:

make a rash or impractical decision

It means that one makes a decision based on his subjective judgment without considering the practical situation,or that he makes a decision recklessly. Derogatory.

指不根据实际情况,仅凭自己的片面认识,或一时冲动就作出决定。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、中间可插入别的词语)
1
shì
  
,
  
,
háishi
还是
qīngshuài
轻率
  
?
Zěnme
怎么
可以
shí
chōngdòng
冲动
  
,
pāi
xià
nǎodài
脑袋
jiù
juédìng
决定
le
  
?

Are you none, or are you indisse? How can you take a moment of impulse and pat your head a few times to decide?

2
zhège
这个
fāngàn
方案
lòudòng
漏洞
hěnduō
很多
  
,
gài
大概
shì
pāi
nǎodài
脑袋
xiě
chūlái
出来
de
  
?

You have a lot of loopholes in this program, probably written with your head patted, right?

3
zuō
shìchǎng
市场
diàochá
调查
  
,
ér
kào
pāi
nǎodài
脑袋
lái
ānpái
安排
shēngchǎn
生产
huà
计划
  
,
zhèyàng
这样
de
gōng
公司
zǒng
yǒu
tiān
huì
dǎo
倒闭
de
  

Companies like this will one day fail without market research and by patting their heads to arrange production plans.