敷衍了事
fū​yǎn​liǎo​shì

to go through the motions

  • created reference approved 敷衍了事 → 敷衍 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敷衍了事 fū​yǎn​liǎo​shì

    敷衍 fū​yǎn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 敷衍了事 · fū​yǎn​liǎo​shì · to go through the motions — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    敷衍了事

    fū​yǎn​liǎo​shì

    to go through the motions

    to do things half-heartedly; to muddle through a task just to get it over with; to be perfunctory in one's work

    fū​yán​liǎo​shì

    敷衍 (literal) → 敷衍 · fū​yǎn · perfunctory 了事 (literal) → 了事 · liǎo​shì · to settle a matter

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense