do something perfunctorily as a routing practice(gù shuò xì yáng)

do something perfunctorily as a routing practice

Gaoshuoyang is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is g ù Shu ò x ì y á ng, which means that the state of Lu had killed only one sheep since Wen Gong did not go to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices. Later, it means to deal with it as usual and perfunctorily. From the Analects of Confucius, Bayi.

The origin of Idioms

"The Analects of Confucius · Bayi:" Zi Gong wanted to tell Shuo's sheep. Confucius said: "give it! I love my sheep and I love my manners. "

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in dealing with affairs. However, a part of Outer Mongolia is no more than ～, which exists in name but in reality. (Chapter 38 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu)

Chinese PinYin : gù shuò xì yáng