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
trad. (敷衍了事)		敷衍	了事
simp. ^#(敷衍了事)		敷衍	了事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fūyǎnliǎoshì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ hin² liu⁵ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fūyǎnliǎoshì [Phonetic: fūyánliǎoshì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨㄧㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎnliǎoshìh
  - Wade–Giles: fu¹-yen³-liao³-shih⁴
  - Yale: fū-yǎn-lyǎu-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyeanleaushyh
  - Palladius: фуяньляоши (fujanʹljaoši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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

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

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