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Meaning of 不痛不痒

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tòng yǎng (Trad.: 不痛不癢)
lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what; fig. not getting to any matter of substance; scratching the surface; superficial; perfunctory
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Example Sentences
1
This is an innocuous resolution.
2
He made some perfunctory remarks at the meeting.
3
Now they only use red songs to praise the party and the party members, so it's pointless.
4
For some time, Europeans, caught in the debt crisis, had found bland expressions of support for the euro by Chinese leaders reassuring.
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Scientists said that while the findings were modest they offered the first evidence that such an approach to fighting Aids was possible.