do something perfunctorily as a routing practice
Gaoshuoyang is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is g ù Shu ò x ì y á ng, which means that the state of Lu had killed only one sheep since Wen Gong did not go to the ancestral temple to offer sacrifices. Later, it means to deal with it as usual and perfunctorily. From the Analects of Confucius, Bayi.
The origin of Idioms
"The Analects of Confucius · Bayi:" Zi Gong wanted to tell Shuo's sheep. Confucius said: "give it! I love my sheep and I love my manners. "
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in dealing with affairs. However, a part of Outer Mongolia is no more than ~, which exists in name but in reality. (Chapter 38 of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu)
do something perfunctorily as a routing practice
The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point. - xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí
have food spread out ten feet square -- live in luxury - shí bì fāng zhàng
the mirror of qin hung on high -- perspicacious decisions in deciding criminal cases - qín jìng gāo xuán