敷衍了事

敷衍了事

Chinese

		to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions; to have enough to barely get by to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions; to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own	to settle a matter
simp. and trad. (敷衍了事)		敷衍	了事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūyǎnliǎoshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ hin² liu⁵ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fūyǎnliǎoshì [Phonetic: fūyánliǎoshì]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyeanleaushyh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎnliǎoshìh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ljɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ hin² liu⁵ si⁶
    • Yale: fū hín líuh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ hin² liu⁵ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ hin² liu⁵ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵ liːu̯¹³ siː²²/

Idiom

敷衍了事

1. to work halfheartedly; to gloss things over; to go through the motions