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敷衍了事
敷
fu̅
衍
yǎn
了
liǎo
事
shì
to do things half-heartedly / to merely go through the motions
敷
fu̅
衍
yǎn
了
liǎo
事
shì
(idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
Characters and words in 敷衍了事
敷
fu̅
=
fu
+
Ø1
to spread / to lay out / to apply (powder, ointment etc) / sufficient (to cover) / enough
Add a new mnemonic for 敷 = 甫 + 方 + 攵
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敷
fu̅
衍
yǎn
to elaborate (on a theme) / to expound (the classics) / perfunctory / to skimp / to botch / to do sth half-heartedly or just for show / barely enough to get by
衍
yǎn
=
y
+
an3
to spread out / to develop / to overflow / to amplify / superfluous
Add a new mnemonic for 衍 = 彳 + 氵
Add a new mnemonic for 衍 = 氵 + 行
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了
le
=
l
+
e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
Add a new mnemonic for 了 = 乛 + 亅
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了
liǎo
=
li
+
ao3
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
Add a new mnemonic for 了 = 乛 + 亅
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了
瞭
liǎo
=
li
+
ao3
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
Add a new mnemonic for 了 = 乛 + 亅
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了
瞭
liào
=
li
+
ao4
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
Add a new mnemonic for 了 = 乛 + 亅
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了
liǎo
事
shì
to dispose of a matter / to be done with it
事
shì
=
sh
+
Ø4
matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
Add a new mnemonic for 事 = 𠮛 + 彐 + 亅
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Words with 敷衍了事
敷衍了事 is not used as a component in another word.
Sentences with 敷衍了事
敷衍了事 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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