大大咧咧
dàdaliēliē
careless; casual and unguarded
Characters in this word
咧 liē
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他平时大大咧咧，但在涉及合同条款时却异常谨慎。 Tā píngshí dàdaliēliē, dàn zài shèjí hétóng tiáokuǎn shí què yìcháng jǐnshèn. He is usually rather casual and careless, but becomes unusually cautious when contract terms are involved.
- 她性格大大咧咧，从来不会因为小事生气。 Tā xìnggé dàdaliēliē, cónglái bú huì yīnwèi xiǎoshì shēngqì. She has a carefree personality and never gets angry over small things.
- 他大大咧咧地把外套一扔，倒头就睡。 Tā dàdaliēliē de bǎ wàitào yì rēng, dǎo tóu jiù shuì. He casually tossed his coat aside and fell asleep right away.
Related words
- 不大 búdà not very, not much
- 大 dà big, large; older
- 大学 dàxué university
- 大学生 dàxuéshēng university student
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 大大 dàdà greatly; much more
- 大多数 dàduōshù the majority; most
- 大海 dàhǎi sea; ocean
- 大家 dàjiā everyone
- 大量 dàliàng a large amount of
- 大门 dàmén main entrance; gate
- 大人 dàren adult