夹生饭

Traditional (Taiwan): 夾生飯

jiāshēngfàn ㄐㄧㄚ ㄕㄥ ㄈㄢˋ

    • half-cooked rice
    • half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance

      fig.

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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
half-cooked rice
Meaning
A job done badly the first time that is hard to put right later. Also said of poorly learned material.

Words with 夹生饭

Ending with 夹生饭

  • 煮夹生饭 zhǔjiāshēngfàn do a job badly, leaving it half-done and hard to put right

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