蜻蜓点水
qīng​tíng​diǎn​shuǐ

to touch on something lightly

  • created sense approved 蜻蜓点水/蜻蜓點水 · qīng​tíng​diǎn​shuǐ · to touch on something lightly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜻蜓点水 / 蜻蜓點水

    qīng​tíng​diǎn​shuǐ

    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.

    蜻蜓 (literal) → 蜻蜓 · qīng​tíng · dragonfly 点水 (literal) → 点水/點水 · diǎn​shuǐ · to skim the water

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

    created sense