流于形式
liú​yú​xíng​shì

to become a mere formality

  • created sense approved 流于形式/流於形式 · liú​yú​xíng​shì · to become a mere formality — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    流于形式 / 流於形式

    liú​yú​xíng​shì

    to become a mere formality

    To become a mere formality; to result in something that only exists on the surface without having any real substance or effect.

    流于 (literal) → 流于/流於 · liú​yú · to degenerate into 形式 (literal) → 形式 · xíng​shì · form

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

    created sense