吊儿郎当

吊兒郎當
diàorlángdāng
sloppy

CEDICT

形容人放荡不羁的样子。

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Homographs

吊儿郎当 diào'erlángdāng

Entry Composition

=1 吊 diào
  1. to suspend
  2. to hang up
  3. to hang a person
=1 吊 diào
  1. a string of 100 cash (arch.)
  2. to lament
  3. to condole with
  4. variant of 吊 diào
2 儿郎 érláng
  1. boy
  2. man
  3. soldier
  4. son
=3 当 dāng
  1. (onom.) dong
  2. ding dong (bell)
=3 当 dāng
  1. to be
  2. to act as
  3. manage
  4. withstand
  5. when
  6. during
  7. ought
  8. should
  9. match equally
  10. equal
  11. same
  12. obstruct
  13. just at (a time or place)
  14. on the spot
  15. right
  16. just at

Related entries

大而化之 dàérhuàzhī
  1. careless
  2. sloppy
稀松 xīsōng
  1. poor
  2. sloppy
  3. unconcerned
  4. heedless
  5. lax
  6. unimportant
  7. trivial
  8. loose
  9. porous
马虎 mǎhu
  1. careless
  2. sloppy
  3. negligent
  4. skimpy
草率 cǎoshuài
  1. careless
  2. negligent
  3. sloppy
  4. not serious
麻煩的開頭是他草率的評論。

The beginning of the trouble was his careless remark.

Source: Tatoeba

粗枝大叶 cūzhīdàyè
  1. thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
  2. boorish
  3. rough and ready
  4. sloppy