敷衍了事

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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

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Idiom

敷衍了事

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