偷工減料

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (偷工減料)		偷	工	減	料
simp. (偷工减料)		偷	工	减	料

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tōugōngjiǎnliào

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōugōngjiǎnliào
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tougongjiǎnliào
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-kung¹-chien³-liao⁴
    • Yale: tōu-gūng-jyǎn-lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tougongjeanliaw
    • Palladius: тоугунцзяньляо (tougunczjanʹljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2
    • Yale: tāu gūng gáam líu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ gung¹ gam² liu^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kaːm³⁵ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Idiom

偷工減料

1. to do shoddy work and use inferior materials