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敷衍了事

fū yǎn liǎo shì
Rare

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

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Child Words of 敷衍了事

了
le

(completed action marker)

事
shì

matter

敷
fū

to spread

敷衍
fū yǎn

to elaborate (on a theme)

了
liǎo

(of eyes) bright

了事
liǎo shì

to dispose of a matter

衍
yǎn

to spread out