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虚应了事
xū​yìng​liǎo​shì

to go through the motions

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 虚 虛 xū adjectivenoun
    false
    (bound form) false; fake; sham; artificial; imaginary
  2. 应 應 yìng verb
    to deal with
    (bound form) to deal with; to cope with; to handle a situation or person
  3. 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.