The wind and shadow are perfunctory

The wind and shadow are perfunctory

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē n ɡ y ǐ n ɡ f ū y ā n, which means to make accusations, catch shadows and slander people. From the peach blossom fan, Longding.

The origin of Idioms

Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan · langding" in the Qing Dynasty: "the injustice of flying frost is no more than the injustice of black basin, and each one is perfunctory.".

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; used in spoken English.

Examples

He is a man who never seeks truth from facts and is used to being perfunctory. Don't believe him.