半桶水
bàn​tǒng​shuǐ

dabbler

  • created sense approved 半桶水 · bàn​tǒng​shuǐ · dabbler — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    半桶水

    bàn​tǒng​shuǐ

    dabbler

    (colloquial) describes someone with a limited or superficial smattering of knowledge or skills; half-baked

    半 (literal) → 半 · bàn · half 桶 (literal) → 桶 · tǒng · bucketful 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense