零打碎敲 in English ling2 da3 sui4 qiao1 Meaning

Meanings

• to do things in bits and pieces (idiomatic expression); piecemeal work

Pinyin

ling2 da3 sui4 qiao1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

零ling2zero 打da3dozen (loanword) 碎sui4to break down 敲qiao1to hit