粗枝大葉

See also: 粗枝大叶

Chinese

		coarse; rough; thick coarse; rough; thick; unfinished; vulgar; rude; crude	branch; (a measure word)	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	leaf; page
trad. (粗枝大葉)		粗	枝	大	葉
simp. (粗枝大叶)		粗	枝	大	叶

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cūzhīdàyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹ zi¹ daai⁶ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cūzhīdàyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ ㄓ ㄉㄚˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cujhihdàyè
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹-chih¹-ta⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: tsū-jr̄-dà-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsujydahyeh
    • Palladius: цучжидае (cučžidaje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cou¹ zi¹ daai⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: chōu jī daaih yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹ dzi¹ daai⁶ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹ ji¹ dai⁶ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵ taːi̯²² jiːp̚²/

Idiom

粗枝大葉

1. careless; sloppy; over-generalized

   • 好在延安許多同志已有詳盡的文章，我的粗枝大葉的東西，就當作一番開臺鑼鼓好了。 [MSC, trad.]
     好在延安许多同志已有详尽的文章，我的粗枝大叶的东西，就当作一番开台锣鼓好了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Hǎozài Yán'ān xǔduō tóngzhì yǐ yǒu xiángjìn de wénzhāng, wǒ de cūzhīdàyè de dōngxi, jiù dàngzuò yīfān kāitáiluógǔ hǎo le. [Pinyin]

     Fortunately, there are many comrades in Yenan who have written at length in this field, so that my rough and ready words may serve the same purpose as the beating of the gongs before a theatrical performance.