not thorough going
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à NJI à Nb à Ji è, which means superficial, not profound, or not thorough. It comes from the Analects of Confucius 29.
Idiom explanation
The present work is "embarrassment". It refers to superficial, not profound, or not thorough. No three, no four, no system. 1. It is also called "half space and half boundary". 2. Not thorough, not penetrating. 3. Unclear. 4. You can't speak up or down. 5. Mediocrity.
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius 29, Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty said, "there are people in the world who are half boundless, insightless, regardless of right and wrong, and who blindly diffuse people." example: all the people who were attracted by him were people who had nothing to do with the situation, making the affairs of the world chaotic. Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Yu Lei (volume 129)
usage
It is not complete
not thorough going
It's hard to paint a tiger without skin - huà hǔ huà pí nán huà gǔ
engage in malpractices for selfish ends - yíng sī wǔ bì