Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

例行公事

lìxínggōngshì

ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄕˋ

  1. 1routine business
  2. 2usual practice
  3. 3mere formality
Example

這樣訊問只是警察例行公事。

zhèyàng xùnwèn zhǐshì jǐngchá lìxínggōngshì

Such questioning is routine police business.

Keep 例行公事 and it comes back until you know it.

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