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敷衍

fū yǎn
freq #15754

Meanings

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fū yǎn
  1. 1.to elaborate (on a theme)
  2. 2.to expound (the classics)
  3. 3.perfunctory
  4. 4.to skimp
  5. 5.to botch
  6. 6.to do sth half-heartedly or just for show
  7. 7.barely enough to get by

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions
  2. 2.to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own
  3. 3.to treat something lightly
  4. 4.to elaborate on a theme
  5. 5.to expound (the meaning of the classics)
  6. 6.to spread; to disseminate
  7. 7.to perform

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Stroke order

Components

敷旉⺙
衍行氵

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

敷衍

More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

塞責塞责應付应付挩捝搪塞走過場走过场

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Derived terms

敷衍了事敷衍塞責敷衍塞责敷衍搪塞敷衍故事

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Related words

敷衍塞责 (idiom) to skimp on the job; to work half-heartedly; not to take the job seriously敷衍了事 (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions