shū hu dà yì

疏忽大意 (shū hu dà yì) is a Chinese word meaning “oversight; negligence; careless”.

Meanings

  1. 1oversight
  2. 2negligence
  3. 3careless
  4. 4negligent
  5. 5not concentrating on the main point

Characters in 疏忽大意

疏shū · to dredge忽hū · to neglect大dà · big; large; great意yì · (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]意思idea大家everyone愿意to wish注意to take note of; to pay attention to主意plan同意to agree不好意思to feel embarrassed大概roughly大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism

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