虚应了事 xūyìngliǎoshì to go through the motions Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 虚 虛 xū adjectivenoun false (bound form) false; fake; sham; artificial; imaginary应 應 yìng verb to deal with (bound form) to deal with; to cope with; to handle a situation or person了事 liǎoshì to settle a matter To settle or dispose of a matter, often implying doing so in a perfunctory, reluctant, or incomplete way.