explain away
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ū y ǎ NT á ngs è, which means to deal with things carelessly. It's from Chapter 11 of a brief history of civilization.
Analysis of Idioms
Perfunctory
The origin of Idioms
The eleventh chapter of the history of civilization: "if you copy dozens of couplets, you can also put off perfunctorily."
Idiom usage
It means that people are not serious in their work.
explain away
true gold does not fear fire - zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn