粗枝大叶 — Chinese idiom
粗枝大叶
cū zhī dà yè
Traditional: 粗枝大葉
Meaning
- thick stems and broad leaves
- boorish
- rough and ready
- sloppy
Character by character
- 粗cūrough, think; coarse, rude
- 枝zhībranches, limbs; to branch off
- 大dàbig, great, vast, high, deep
- 叶yèleaf, page; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 粗制滥造 cū zhì làn zào
- 粗鲁不文 cū lǔ bù wén
- 一枝独秀 yī zhī dú xiù
- 有枝有叶 yǒu zhī yǒu yè
- 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
- 横生枝节 héng shēng zhī jié
- 节上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī
- 节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī
- 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn
- 金枝玉叶 jīn zhī yù yè
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