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粗心大意

cū xīn dà yì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

粗心大意 (cū xīn dà yì) means "negligent; careless; inadvertent". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 粗心大意 means

1. negligent
2. careless
3. inadvertent

The characters in 粗心大意

• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…

Example sentences

• 他责备了我的粗心大意。
  Tā zébèi le wǒ de cūxīndàyì.
  He reproached me for carelessness.
• 粗心大意的人很容易犯错。
  Cūxīndàyì de rén hěn róngyì fàncuò.
  A careless person is apt to make mistakes.
• 粗心大意可能导致严重的事故。
  Cūxīndàyì kěnéng dǎozhì yánzhòng de shìgù.
  Carelessness can lead to a serious accident.
• 他们粗心大意，还没意识到危险。
  They were carelessly unaware of the danger.

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