卤莽

鹵莽
lǔmǎng
adjective #31,502

Meanings

  1. 1 rash
  2. 2 reckless
  3. 3 impetuous
  4. 4 crude and careless

Examples

Tā zuòshì tài lǔmǎng le, chángcháng chūcuò.
He does things too recklessly and often makes mistakes.
Qǐng bùyào lǔmǎng xíngshì.
Please don't act rashly.

Tips

usage
卤莽 is a variant of the more common 鲁莽 (lǔmǎng) — same pronunciation, same meaning, different first character. 鲁莽 is overwhelmingly preferred in modern Mainland writing; 卤莽 turns up in older texts and some Taiwan/HK contexts. CC-CEDICT marks 卤莽 explicitly as a variant of 鲁莽.

Stroke Order

mǎng