偷工減料

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Chinese

to steal; to pilfer
work; worker; skill
work; worker; skill; profession; trade; craft; labour
 
to lower; to decrease; to reduce
to lower; to decrease; to reduce; to subtract; to diminish
 
material; stuff; grain
material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess
 
trad. (偷工減料)
simp. (偷工减料)

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偷工減料

  1. to do shoddy work and use inferior materials