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例行公事

Mandarin · pinyin lì xíng gōng shì

Meanings

  1. routine business
  2. usual practice
  3. mere formality
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Characters in this entry

例
lì · precedent, example; regulation
行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
公
gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke
事
shì · affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
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4–2–1–4 · li4 xing2 gong1 shi4

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lai6 hang4 gung1 si6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to do one's routine business; to do as a mere formality; routine business

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