挈瓶之知
qiè​píng​zhī​zhī

shallow knowledge

  • created sense approved 挈瓶之知 · qiè​píng​zhī​zhī · shallow knowledge — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    挈瓶之知

    qiè​píng​zhī​zhī

    shallow knowledge

    trivial knowledge or petty cleverness; literally the limited capacity of a water bottle

    qiè​píng​zhī​zhì

    挈 (bound) → 挈 · qiè · to lift up 瓶 (bound) → 瓶 · píng · bottle 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 知 (bound) → 知 · zhī · knowledge

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

    created sense