liáo​yǐ​sè​zé

to minimally fulfill responsibilities

  • created reference approved 聊以塞责/聊以塞責 → 塞责/塞責 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊以塞责 / 聊以塞責 liáo​yǐ​sè​zé

    塞责 / 塞責 sè​zé

    see

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 聊以塞责/聊以塞責 → 聊以 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊以塞责 / 聊以塞責 liáo​yǐ​sè​zé

    聊以 liáo​yǐ

    see

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 聊以塞责/聊以塞責 · liáo​yǐ​sè​zé · to minimally fulfill responsibilities — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    聊以塞责 / 聊以塞責

    liáo​yǐ​sè​zé

    to minimally fulfill responsibilities

    To do something just enough to get off the hook or avoid a charge of neglecting one's duty; often used as a self-deprecating expression

    聊 (literal) → 聊 · liáo · slightly 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 塞责 (literal) → 塞责/塞責 · sè​zé · to work perfunctorily

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

    created sense