蜻蜓点水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ to touch on something lightly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蜻蜓点水 蜻蜓點水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ to touch on something lightly Literally "a dragonfly touching the water"; used to describe doing something in a superficial way or only having a passing contact with a subject rather than studying or working on it deeply. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.358 per million Cross-References Synonym 水过地皮湿 shuǐguòdìpíshīReferenced by 点水 diǎnshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
蜻蜓点水 蜻蜓點水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ to touch on something lightly Literally "a dragonfly touching the water"; used to describe doing something in a superficial way or only having a passing contact with a subject rather than studying or working on it deeply. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.358 per million Cross-References Synonym 水过地皮湿 shuǐguòdìpíshīReferenced by 点水 diǎnshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
