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例行公事

lì xíng gōng shì

4-character word

What 例行公事 means

1. routine business
2. usual practice
3. mere formality

The characters in 例行公事

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…
• 公gōngpublic; collectively owned; common
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

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.