稀里糊涂

稀裏糊塗
xīlihútu
  1. muddleheaded
  2. careless

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 稀 xī
  1. sparse; scattered
  2. rare; uncommon
  3. diluted; thin; watery
  4. (bound form) sth liquid or of thin consistency (as in 绿豆稀 lu:dòuxī "sweet mung bean soup")
  5. (bound form) totally; extremely (used with negative attributes, as in 稀糟 xīzāo "utterly ruined")
=2 里 lǐ variant of 里 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 里 lǐ
=2 里 lǐ
  1. li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m
  2. neighborhood
  3. ancient administrative unit of 25 families
  4. (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 zhèn and neighborhood 邻 lín levels
3 糊涂 hútu
  1. muddled
  2. silly
  3. confused

Related entries

悖晦 bèihuì (coll.) muddleheaded
昏庸 hūnyōng muddleheaded
浑浑噩噩 húnhúnèè (idiom) muddleheaded
我寧願到不喜歡的公司工作，也不想渾渾噩噩的又過一年。

I would rather work for any company than waste another year.

Source: Tatoeba

天然呆 tiānrándāi
  1. (loanword from Japanese "tennen boke") space cadet
  2. muddleheaded
大意 dàyi careless
我承认我大意了。

I admit that I was careless.

Source: Tatoeba

大而化之 dàérhuàzhī
  1. careless
  2. sloppy
漫不经心 mànbùjīngxīn
  1. careless
  2. heedless
  3. absent-minded
  4. indifferent
漫不经意 mànbùjīngyì
  1. careless
  2. unconcerned
眉毛胡子一把抓 méimaohúziyībǎzhuā
  1. careless
  2. any-old-how, regardless of the specific task
粗心 cūxīn
  1. careless
  2. thoughtless
她为自己的粗心感到羞耻。

She was ashamed of herself for her carelessness.

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胡乱 húluàn
  1. careless
  2. reckless
  3. casually
  4. absent-mindedly
  5. at will
  6. at random
  7. any old how
他胡亂把書本放在架上。

He put the books on the shelf out of order.

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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.

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跅 tuò careless
马虎 mǎhu
  1. careless
  2. sloppy
  3. negligent
  4. skimpy
马马虎虎 mǎmahūhū
  1. careless
  2. casual
  3. vague
  4. not so bad
  5. so-so
  6. tolerable
  7. fair
忽忽悠悠 hūhūyōuyōu
  1. indifferent to the passing of time
  2. careless
疏懒 shūlǎn
  1. indolent
  2. careless
粗心大意 cūxīndàyì
  1. negligent
  2. careless
  3. inadvertent
粗心大意的人很容易犯錯。

A careless person is apt to make mistakes.

Source: Tatoeba

苟且 gǒuqiě
  1. perfunctory
  2. careless
  3. drifting along
  4. resigned to one's fate
  5. improper (relations)
  6. illicit (sex)
轻浮 qīngfú
  1. frivolous
  2. careless
  3. giddy
含糊 hánhu
  1. ambiguous
  2. vague
  3. careless
  4. perfunctory
兩位學者為一句意思含糊的藏文句子爭論了一番。

The two scholars wrangled over the meaning of an obscure Tibetan phrase.

Source: Tatoeba

疏忽大意 shūhudàyì
  1. oversight
  2. negligence
  3. careless
  4. negligent
  5. not concentrating on the main point
粗疏 cūshū
  1. coarse
  2. rough
  3. careless
怠 dài
  1. idle
  2. lazy
  3. negligent
  4. careless
草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根

这种动物以草为食。

These animals feed on grass.

Source: Tatoeba

毛 máo
  1. hair
  2. feather
  3. down
  4. wool
  5. mildew
  6. mold
  7. coarse or semifinished
  8. young
  9. raw
  10. careless
  11. unthinking
  12. nervous
  13. scared
  14. (of currency) to devalue or depreciate
  15. classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角 jiǎo , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分 fēn)
毛髪有利於動物保暖。

Fur protects animals from the cold.

Source: Tatoeba