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流于形式

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Pīnyīn
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to become a mere formality

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
流
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *流* | 流* | *流
10画
flow, circulate, drift; class
3411.3
EYIU
于
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *于* | 于* | *于
3画
in, on, at; go to; surname
於
1040.0
MD
形
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *形* | 形* | *形
7画
form, shape, appearance
1242.2
MTHHH
式
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *式* | 式* | *式
6画
style, system, formula, rule
4310.0
IPM

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
流于形式
to become a mere formality
流
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *流* | 流* | *流
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade
流于
to change (for the worse)
 于
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
surname Yu
 于
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于
 于
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *于* | 于* | *于
(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by
  形
  xíng​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *形* | 形* | *形
to appear / to look / form / shape
  形式
outer appearance / form / shape / formality / CL: 個|个
   式
   shì​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *式* | 式* | *式
type / form / pattern / style