Definition
粗制滥造 is a four-character set phrase (成语) that describes something made carelessly, with poor quality and little attention to detail — the opposite of 'craftsmanship'. You can use it for products, writing, films, or any work that feels rushed and shoddy. The literal meaning is 'roughly manufacture and flood the market', but the modern sense is simply 'badly made' or 'done in a slipshod way'.
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badly madeshoddyslipshod (of products, work, writing, etc.)
Examples
- 粗制滥造。Zhèxiē cū zhì làn zào de chǎnpǐn hěn kuài jiù huài le.These shoddily made products broke quickly.
- 粗制滥造，。Nà bù diànyǐng pāi de cū zhì làn zào, guānzhòng hěn bù mǎnyì.That movie was made carelessly, and the audience was very dissatisfied.
- 粗制滥造，。Tā xiě wénzhāng cóng bù cū zhì làn zào, měi piān dōu rènzhēn xiūgǎi.He never writes articles in a slipshod way; he revises every one carefully.
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