敷衍塞責

Chinese

		to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions; to have enough to barely get by to do a perfunctory job; to go through the motions; to have enough to barely get by; to just manage on one's own	to not do one's job conscientiously; to perform one's duties perfunctorily
trad. (敷衍塞責)		敷衍	塞責
simp. (敷衍塞责)		敷衍	塞责

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fūyǎnsèzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄗㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ hin² sak¹ zaak³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fūyǎnsèzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄨ ㄧㄢˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fuyǎnsèzé
    • Wade–Giles: fu¹-yen³-sê⁴-tsê²
    • Yale: fū-yǎn-sè-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuyeansehtzer
    • Palladius: фуяньсэцзэ (fujanʹsɛczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ sɤ⁵¹ t͡sɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fu¹ hin² sak¹ zaak³
    • Yale: fū hín sāk jaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ hin² sak⁷ dzaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ hin² seg¹ zag³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ hiːn³⁵ sɐk̚⁵ t͡saːk̚³/

Idiom

敷衍塞責

1. to work halfheartedly; to go through the motions; to perform one's duty in a perfunctory manner

Synonyms

• 敷衍了事 (fūyǎnliǎoshì)