Read Edit View history Discussion 浅尝辄止 qiǎnchángzhézhǐ to scratch the surface Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 浅尝辄止 淺嘗輒止 qiǎnchángzhézhǐ to scratch the surface to stop after taking just a sip; to gain only a superficial knowledge of something or give up after a brief attempt rather than studying it deeply Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.306 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
浅尝辄止 淺嘗輒止 qiǎnchángzhézhǐ to scratch the surface to stop after taking just a sip; to gain only a superficial knowledge of something or give up after a brief attempt rather than studying it deeply Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.306 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)