敷衍了事

fū yǎn liǎo shì

Dictionary entry

(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

What does 敷衍了事 mean?

敷衍了事 (fū yǎn liǎo shì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

Character breakdown

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敷fūto spread · to lay out 衍yǎnto spread out · to develop 了le(completed action marker) · (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)事shìmatter · thing

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敷衍了事

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