饩羊告朔
xì​yáng​gù​shuò

perfunctory

  • created sense approved 饩羊告朔/餼羊告朔 · xì​yáng​gù​shuò · perfunctory — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    饩羊告朔 / 餼羊告朔

    xì​yáng​gù​shuò

    perfunctory

    to perform a task in a perfunctory manner; to carry out an ritual or duty merely for form's sake

    饩羊 (literal) → 饩羊/餼羊 · xì​yáng · sacrificial sheep 告朔 (literal) → 告朔 · gào​shuò · announcement of the new moon

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

    created sense