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  1. (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions

Characters

  • 敷 (敷): to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough
  • 衍 (衍): to spread out; to develop; to overflow; to amplify; superfluous
  • 了 (了): (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
  • 事 (事): matter; thing; item; work; affair; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

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