Back when I was a student employee of a state university I had to sit through a mandatory training part of which was where they told us we were not allowed to b

Back when I was a student employee of a state university I had to sit through a mandatory training part of which was where they told us we were not allowed to be overt racists, sexually harass each other, embezzle money (i.e. the usual stuff) or say things not befitting a the government's self image (I'm paraphrasing but that's what it was) including specifically the phrase "good enough for government" and suggested alternatives. Based on the training it was pretty clear that this was a generic training that anyone receiving a paycheck from a state entity had to sit through. Having a specific phrase to refer to known half-assery isn't specific to China. I suspect it's a pretty universal thing across cultures