草率收兵

Chinese

		careless; perfunctory; rash careless; perfunctory; rash; sloppy	to retreat; to withdraw one’s forces
trad. (草率收兵)		草率	收兵
simp. #(草率收兵)		草率	收兵
Literally: “to withdraw troops in a careless way”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cǎoshuàishōubīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou² seot¹ sau¹ bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cǎoshuàishōubīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄡ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǎoshuàishoubing
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻao³-shuai⁴-shou¹-ping¹
    • Yale: tsǎu-shwài-shōu-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsaoshuayshoubing
    • Palladius: цаошуайшоубин (caošuajšoubin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou² seot¹ sau¹ bing¹
    • Yale: chóu sēut sāu bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou² soet⁷ sau¹ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou² sêd¹ seo¹ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯³⁵ sɵt̚⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

草率收兵

1. to hastily declare the matter closed; to wind up in a hurry

   • 應當在處理鬧事的過程中，進行細緻的工作，不要用簡單的方法去處理，不要「草率收兵」。 [MSC, trad.]
     应当在处理闹事的过程中，进行细致的工作，不要用简单的方法去处理，不要「草率收兵」。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yīngdāng zài chǔlǐ nàoshì de guòchéng zhōng, jìnxíng xìzhì de gōngzuò, bùyào yòng jiǎndān de fāngfǎ qù chǔlǐ, bùyào “cǎoshuàishōubīng”. [Pinyin]

     In handling any disturbance, we should take pains and not use over-simple methods, or hastily declare the matter closed.