Characters
- 例 (例): example; precedent; rule; case; instance
- 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- 公 (公): public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal)
- 事 (事): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 例行公事
- MDBG: 例行公事
- Examples with 例行公事 on Tatoeba
Examples
婚姻走过十个年头一切只是例行公事。
这样讯问只是警察例行公事。