他tā 做zuò 事shì 一yí 向xiàng 很hěn 马mă 虎hū 。
He usually does things sloppily.
你nǐ 别bié 跟gēn 我wǒ 打dă 马mă 虎hū 眼yăn 。
Talk properly! (Don’t give grudging monosyllabic replies! or Give me the details not just the surface.)
做zuò 事shì means literally ‘to do things’.
马mă 虎hū You probably have heard the expression 马mă 马mă 虎hū 虎hū before which means ‘O.K. nothing special’. It connotes ‘sloppiness/ imperfection’ . 打dă 马mă 虎hū 眼yăn means to answer someone’s questions reluctantly and without revealing details.
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