What do you mean by perfunctory?

Pei Pei

Be perfunctory, ① (verb) Treat others irresponsibly or insincerely, and only make superficial treatment: ~ blame │ ~ settle things │ He gave me a few words. Reluctantly: I have enough money in my hand for a few days.

Spread, spread, spread, spread.

Selected Works of Zhang Heng: "Xiao Yu is perfunctory, and the town is a hairpin." Xue Zong's note: "Apply, cloth also. Yan, rattan also. " Lu Yanji's Note: "It is said that bamboo grows and spreads." Dai Zongji's Praise of the Old Tang Dynasty: "Sweeping the air and perfuming the moral sound."

Give play to sb.' s experience

The Biography of Fan Chong and the History of Song Dynasty: The best of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals is called Ming Chong and Yu. I am in a hurry to elaborate on the scriptures, because the irony of the rules makes me feel bad. "Journey to the West by Sambo Eunuch" for the first time: "The Tathagata opened his mouth slightly, perfunctory Buddhism, and achieved success." Wang Qingtao's Song Yin Manlu Zhu Xiaoping: "I'm not used to this, so I'm a little perfunctory. "

Superficial entertainment, emptiness and coping

"Dangkou Zhi" 77: "His behavior is obviously a measure of sand, perfunctory Gao Qiu, and flies away as soon as he has time." Go back to the fourth and seventh chapters of "Officialdom Appears": "You guys have been in officialdom for a long time, and your perfunctory skills are first-class." The strange situation witnessed in 20 years for the fifth time: "He still couldn't pester me and just walked away."

Make a profit to cover expenses

"A Dream of Red Mansions" for the first time: "Xifeng can't last this day, and there is nothing she can do. She has to work so hard that her voice will break for a long time. "

Modern translation

(1) (verb) Irresponsible or insincere in dealing with others, only superficial treatment: ~ plug the blame │ ~ settle it │ He gave me a few words. 2 Barely maintain: I have enough money in my hand for a few days.

Meaning: 1 Doing things irresponsibly and insincerely, only making superficial responses: perfunctory.

Barely make ends meet: I have enough money in my hand for a few days.

3 Narration and Game: the gist of perfunctory scripture (also a performance)

It is really a problem that we don't want to solve fundamentally by perfunctory things and delaying things that need to be solved again and again.

Not serious and responsible, just superficial.

When you make a mistake, others start to change the subject as soon as they mention it.