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草草收兵

cǎo cǎo shōu bīng

4-character word

What 草草收兵 means

1. to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
2. half-baked

The characters in 草草收兵

• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 收shōuto receive; to accept; to collect
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army

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