偷工減料

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	work; worker; skill work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labor	to lower; to decrease; to reduce to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish	material; stuff; grain material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
trad. (偷工減料)		偷	工	減	料
simp. (偷工减料)		偷	工	减	料

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōugōngjiǎnliào

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tōugōngjiǎnliào
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tougongjeanliaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2
  - Yale: tāu gūng gáam líu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ gung¹ gaam² liu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ gung¹ gam² liu²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑːm³⁵ liːu̯²²⁻³⁵/

Idiom

偷工減料

to do shoddy work and use inferior materials

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