零敲碎打 in English ling2 qiao1 sui4 da3 Meaning

Meanings

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

Pinyin

ling2 qiao1 sui4 da3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

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