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敷衍了事
fū​yǎn​liǎo​shì

to go through the motions

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 敷衍 fū​yǎn verb
    perfunctory
    To do something half-heartedly or just for show; to go through the motions or treat someone flippantly without sincerity.
  2. 了事 liǎo​shì
    to settle a matter
    To settle or dispose of a matter, often implying doing so in a perfunctory, reluctant, or incomplete way.