敷衍
fu1 hin2fū yǎn
English
- to elaborate (on a theme)
- to expound (the classics)
- perfunctory
- to skimp
- to botch
- to do sth half-heartedly or just for show
- barely enough to get by
- to fob someone off; to brush someone off
- half-hearted; sloppy; slapdash; going through the motions
- to humour someone
- to go through the motions; to be perfunctory
粵語 — Cantonese
- 唔想理、睬人時，用藉口打發人走
- 求其；冇心做，唔投入
- 回應人時心裏唔在乎，隨口同意人
- 做事唔認真，只係想求其交差
Examples
敷衍了事
to do things half-heartedly just to get it over with
佢做嘢好敷衍。
He works in a very half-hearted way.
你講過就要做，唔好敷衍我啊！
You have to do what you promised. Don't just brush me off!
佢根本冇心聽我講嘢，求其敷衍咗我兩句。
He wasn't really listening to me. He just humoured me with a few words. ----
遇到啲無理取鬧嘅客，敷衍佢哋就算，唔好嘥時間。
When dealing with unreasonable customers, just fob them off rather than wasting your time. ----
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk