pay lip service

pay lip service

Chinese idiom, meaning "only promise to benefit others verbally, but the actual benefits can't reach others."

Lip service without explanation

Brief introduction of the works

Biaoji is one of the book of rites. The book of rites is compiled by Dai Sheng of the Western Han Dynasty, who compiled 49 etiquette works before Qin and Han Dynasties.

Dictionary explanation

Hui: to benefit others; Zhi: to arrive. They only promise to give others benefits verbally, but the actual benefits can't reach others. < li > < li > [words] in the book of rites, the book of rites says, "if you give lip service, you don't get it; if you complain about the disaster, you get it." < li > < li > [Zhengyin] and; can't be read as "ě R". < li > < li > [discerning form] Hui; can't write "Hui". < li > < li > [usage] generally used as predicate. If you want to help others, you should act quickly. < / Li > < li > [example]: Hejian Feng Shunan, who has been in Beijing for more than ten years, has no achievements in every chance, and he prays for others. In the notes of Yuewei thatched cottage written by Ji Yun in Qing Dynasty, Volume 3: complex sentence; predicate and complement; derogatory meaning