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Today, we explore the idiom 「粗枝大葉」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
When painting, draw trees in a rough and general way, without using detailed brushwork. It is a metaphor for work that is rough and not careful and meticulous.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cū zhī dà yè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chou1 ji1 daai6 yip6
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