do things carelessly(fū yǎn liǎo shì)

do things carelessly

Perfunctory, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ū y ǎ NLI ǎ OSH ì, which means to do things carelessly, just to deal with the past, even if it is done. It's from officialdom.

Idiom explanation

Perfunctory: do not work seriously; finished: finished. It means to do things carelessly, just to deal with the past, then it's done.

The origin of Idioms

The first chapter of Li Baojia's Officialdom appearance in the Qing Dynasty: "some bow first and then kowtow, others bow and then bow. Li Sheng saw that they were uneven, so he had to let them do it perfunctorily. "

Idiom usage

In the first chapter of Li Boyuan's officialdom, there are also those who bow first and then kowtow, and others who kowtow and then bow. Li Sheng saw that they were uneven, so he had to let them do it perfunctorily. " The fourteenth chapter of officialdom: not only the former brothers of Shangxian have no explanation, but even the old brothers are not good-looking, as if we are perfunctory and unwilling to contribute Chapter 43 of the history of civilization: "when they got there, they invited him first because he was a Fu Tai, so he took out the piece of paper and read it over. Finally, they perfunctorily finished their work." Mao Zedong's anti Liberalism: "we are not serious, we have no definite plan, we have no definite direction, we are perfunctory, we muddle along, we are a monk for a day, we are a clock for a day."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: perfunctory antonym: meticulous, meticulous, dedicated, dedicated

Chinese PinYin : fū yǎn liǎo shì