少慢差费 Insufficient, slow, poor and expensive
Explanation
指数量少、速度慢、质量差、费用高。形容工作效率低，质量差。
Refers to small quantity, slow speed, poor quality, and high cost. Describes low work efficiency and poor quality.
Origin Story
话说有个木匠，接了个活儿，要给县太爷做张桌子。因为县太爷爱面子，这桌子得讲究，木料得好，雕刻得细致。这木匠手艺一般，又想偷懒，结果做出来的桌子，木料少，雕刻慢，做工差，费用的确不少，县太爷大怒，骂他少慢差费。从此，“少慢差费”就成了形容工作效率低，质量差的代名词。
Once upon a time, there was a carpenter who received a commission to make a table for the county magistrate. As the magistrate valued his reputation, the table had to be exquisite, made of fine wood and with intricate carvings. The carpenter, however, was of average skill and wanted to slack off. As a result, the table was made with too little wood, the carvings were slow and the workmanship was poor, and the costs were indeed substantial. The magistrate was furious and scolded him for being insufficient, slow, poor, and expensive. Since then, "insufficient, slow, poor, and expensive" has become a byword for describing low work efficiency and poor quality.
Usage
多用于形容工作效率低，质量差的情况。
Mainly used to describe the low work efficiency and poor quality.
Examples
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这次工程，由于少慢差费，导致严重延误。
zhè cì gōngchéng,yóuyú shǎo màn chà fèi,dǎozhì yánzhòng yánwù.
This project was seriously delayed due to insufficient quantity, slow speed, poor quality, and high material costs.
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他的工作总是少慢差费，让人很不满意。
tā de gōngzuò zǒng shì shǎo màn chà fèi,ràng rén hěn bù mǎnyì.
His work is always slow, poor quality, and expensive, which is very unsatisfactory.