fú​pí​cèng​yǎng

to scratch the surface

  • created reference approved 浮皮蹭痒/浮皮蹭癢 → 浮皮潦草 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    浮皮蹭痒 / 浮皮蹭癢 fú​pí​cèng​yǎng

    浮皮潦草 fú​pí​liáo​cǎo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 浮皮蹭痒/浮皮蹭癢 · fú​pí​cèng​yǎng · to scratch the surface — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    浮皮蹭痒 / 浮皮蹭癢

    fú​pí​cèng​yǎng

    to scratch the surface

    to be superficial or perfunctory; to do something without any care or seriousness

    浮皮 (literal) → 浮皮 · fú​pí · outer skin 蹭 (literal) → 蹭 · cèng · to rub 痒 (literal) → 痒/癢 · yǎng · to itch

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

    created sense