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潦草

liáo cǎo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

潦草 (liáo cǎo) means "slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 潦草 means

1. slipshod; careless; slovenly
2. (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible

The characters in 潦草

• 潦liáoused in 潦草; used in 潦倒
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript

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