大 大 咧 咧

dàdaliēliē

adjectiveHSK 7-9

“Carefree” in Chinese is 大大咧咧 (dàdaliēliē).

Meaning

idiomcarefree; offhand; casual

Example

无论你平时怎么大大咧咧的，起码试着稍微礼貌一点吧。

You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

dàHSK 13 strokesbig; large; great liēHSK 7-99 strokesto draw back the corners of one's mouth

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