試水溫
shì​shuǐ​wēn

to test the waters

  • created sense approved 试水温/試水溫 · shì​shuǐ​wēn · to test the waters — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    试水温 / 試水溫

    shì​shuǐ​wēn

    to test the waters

    to test the temperature of water; used figuratively to describe testing the reaction or sentiment of others before proceeding with a plan

    试, 水温

    试 (literal) → 试/試 · shì · to probe 水温 (literal) → 水温/水溫 · shuǐ​wēn · water temperature

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

    created sense