explain away(fū yǎn táng sè)

explain away

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ū y ǎ NT á ngs è, which means to deal with things carelessly. It's from Chapter 11 of a brief history of civilization.

Analysis of Idioms

Perfunctory

The origin of Idioms

The eleventh chapter of the history of civilization: "if you copy dozens of couplets, you can also put off perfunctorily."

Idiom usage

It means that people are not serious in their work.

Chinese PinYin : fū yǎn táng sè