拖泥带水

bàn shì yào lì luo bù yào tuō ní dài shuǐ

办事要利落，不要拖泥带水。

Do things deftly, not sloppily.

zhè piān wén zhāng xiě de tuō ní dài shuǐ

这篇文章写得拖泥带水。

This article is sloppily written.

tā bàn shì tuō ní dài shuǐ

他办事拖泥带水。

He does things in a sloppy way.

shēng mìng fēi cháng duǎn zàn suǒ yǐ yào jiā jǐn jiǎo bù kuài sù qián jìn bù kě tuō ní dài shuǐ

生命非常短暂，所以要加紧脚步，快速前进，不可拖泥带水。

Because life is so short, we should increase our footsteps and move forward quickly.