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例行

lì xíng

2-character word

What 例行 means

1. routine (task, procedure etc)
2. as usual

The characters in 例行

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 这样讯问只是警察例行公事。
  Zhèyàng xùnwèn zhǐshì jǐngchá lìxínggōngshì.
  Such questioning is routine police business.
• 婚姻走过十个年头一切只是例行公事。
  Hūnyīn zǒuguò shí gè niántóu yīqiè zhǐshì lìxínggōngshì.
  Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.

Words starting with 例行

• 例行公事lì xíng gōng shìroutine business; usual practice; mere formality

Sounds the same

Read lì xíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 力行to practice diligently; to act energetically
• 厉行to do (sth) with rigor; rigorously

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