草草收兵 in English cao3 cao3 shou1 bing1 Meaning

Meanings

• to work vaguely then retreat (idiomatic expression); sloppy and half-hearted
• half-baked

Pinyin

cao3 cao3 shou1 bing1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

草cao3variant of 草[cao3] 草cao3variant of 草[cao3] 收shou1to receive 兵bing1soldiers