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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 敷衍了事
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 敷衍了事 | fū yǎn liǎo shì | - (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 33,040 | 51,573 | 42,749 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 敷 | fū | - to spread - to lay out - to apply (powder, ointment etc) - sufficient (to cover) - enough |
| 衍 | yǎn | - to spread out - to develop - to overflow - to amplify - superfluous |
| 了 | le | - (completed action marker) - (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) - (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) |
| 了 | liǎo | - to finish - (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4bu5liao3] "cannot forget") - (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least - to understand clearly (variant of 瞭|了[liao3]) |
| 了 | liǎo | - (of eyes) bright - clear-sighted - to understand clearly |
| 了 | liào | - unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4] |
| 事 | shì | - matter - thing - item - work - affair - CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2] |
Other Words Containing 敷衍了事
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 敷衍了事 | - | - | 33,040 | 51,573 | 42,749 |