He is a person who never cuts corners.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
偷工减料
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
02
jerry-building
03
sloppy work
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 偷工减料 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 偷工减料.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 偷工减料.
Directly before
- 不会偷工减料1
- 可以偷工减料1
Directly after
- 偷工减料的1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 偷工减料
What does 偷工减料 mean in Chinese?
偷工减料 (tōugōngjiǎnliào) means to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom).
How do you pronounce 偷工减料?
偷工减料 is pronounced tōugōngjiǎnliào.
Is 偷工减料 an HSK word?
偷工减料 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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