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敷衍了事

fū yǎn liǎo shì

4-character word

What 敷衍了事 means

1. idiomto do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

The characters in 敷衍了事

• 敷fūto spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc)
• 衍yǎnto spread out; to develop; to overflow
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

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