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敷衍了事
fū yǎn liǎo shì
What 敷衍了事 means
- 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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