粗枝大葉 cū zhī dà yè

sloppy; rough and ready; boorish

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
粗 cū HSK 4
coarse; rough; crude
枝 zhī HSK 6
branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
葉 yè
leaf; surname Ye; page