草草收兵

Traditional form:

草草收兵

Pinyin (reading):

cǎocǎoshōubīng

Definitions:

• to work vaguely then retreat (idiom); sloppy and half-hearted
• half-baked

Characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike

Traditional characters:

• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch
• 收 - to collect, to gather, to harvest
• 兵 - soldier; troops, an army; warlike