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What does 应付 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

应付 yìngfu

to cope with; to deal with

It can also mean

  • to do perfunctorily; to go through the motions

Its characters

  1. 应 yìng to deal with
  2. 付 fù to pay

In a sentence

这么多工作,我一个人应付不过来。 With this much work, I can't cope with it alone.

孔明却推辞道:“我久居山野,懒于应付世事,不能从命。

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