草草收兵

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

variant of 草[cao3]

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

variant of 肏[cao4]

carelessly / hastily

to receive / to accept / to collect / to put away / to restrain / to stop / in care of (used on address line after name)

to retreat / to withdraw troops / to recall troops / fig. to finish work / to wind up / to call it a day / used with negatives: the task is far from over

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]