![]() In China, the term tofu dregs (the pieces left over after making tofu) is widely used as a metaphor for shoddy work, hence the implication that a "tofu-dreg project" is a poorly executed project. The phrase is notably used referring to buildings collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake disaster. The phrase was coined by Zhu Rongji, the former premier of the People's Republic of China, on a 1998 visit to Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province to describe a poorly-built set of flood dykes in the Yangtze River. ![]() "Tofu-dreg project" ( Chinese: 豆腐渣工程 pinyin: dòufuzhā gōngchéng) is a phrase used in the Chinese-speaking world to describe a poorly constructed building, sometimes called just "Tofu buildings". Mainland Chinese phrase for a poorly-constructed building
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