Tag Archives: chengy dictionary

偷工减料 – Tou Gong Jian Liao – Botch-up

偷工减料 – Tou Gong Jian Liao – Botch-up

偷工减料 – Tou Gong Jian Liao – Less work, inferior material. This Chengyu means to do a poor job when building or producing something. Get example pharses and find out where it’s from.

马到成功 – Ma Dao Cheng Gong – Immediate Success

马到成功 – Ma Dao Cheng Gong – Immediate Success

马到成功 – Ma Dao Cheng Gong. This Chinese Chengyu idiom expresses having immediate success. Read how to use it in spoken Chinese and help solving the mystery of it’s origin.