草草了事

cǎocǎo-liǎoshì

idiom

Meanings

HSK 3

他写作业总是草草了事。

Tā xiě zuòyè zǒngshì cǎocǎo-liǎoshì.

He always rushes through his homework.

HSK 6

事故调查不能草草了事，必须查清原因。

Shìgù diàochá bù néng cǎocǎo-liǎoshì, bìxū cháqīng yuányīn.

The accident investigation can't just be rushed through; the cause has to be found.

mistakes

Here 了 means "to finish", as in 了事 "to be done with something", so it is read liǎo, not le. A close cousin is 草草收场 "to wind up in a hurry".

草 cǎo

了 le

事 shì