粗心大意
cūxīndàyì
careless; negligent
Characters in this word
心 xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
意 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他考试时粗心大意，把简单的题都做错了。 Tā kǎoshì shí cūxīndàyì, bǎ jiǎndān de tí dōu zuò cuò le. He was careless during the exam and got even the easy questions wrong.
- 出门前一定要检查，别粗心大意忘了带钥匙。 Chūmén qián yídìng yào jiǎnchá, bié cūxīndàyì wàng le dài yàoshi. Always check before leaving; do not be careless and forget your keys.
- 粗心大意的司机差点撞上了前面的自行车。 Cūxīndàyì de sījī chàdiǎn zhuàng shàng le qiánmiàn de zìxíngchē. The careless driver almost hit the bicycle in front of him.
Related words
- 粗 cū thick; rough
- 粗心 cūxīn careless
- 粗暴 cūbào rough; violent; crude and forceful
- 粗糙 cūcāo rough; crude; unpolished
- 粗鲁 cūlǔ rude; impolite; rough-mannered
- 粗略 cūlüè rough; approximate; sketchy
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 关心 guānxīn to care about
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 小心 xiǎoxīn careful
- 心里 xīnli in one's heart; in one's mind
- 心情 xīnqíng mood