马马虎虎

mǎ mǎ hǔ hǔ
adverb★Intermediate◆idiom
◆ What It Really Means
to do things in a perfunctory way; to be just so-so; to be mediocre; fairly; pretty well
Literal Meaning
horse-horse tiger-tiger
Literal Breakdown
马horse+虎tiger
informal

to do things in a perfunctory way; to be just so-so; to be mediocre; fairly; pretty well

他马马虎虎地完成了任务。

He completed the task fairly well.

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Word Breakdown

马
horse
root
+
虎
tiger
root
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