Read Edit View history 蜻蜓点水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ to touch on something lightly Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蜻蜓点水 蜻蜓點水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ 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. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.358 per million Cross-References Synonym 水过地皮湿 shuǐguòdìpíshīReferenced by 点水 diǎnshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
蜻蜓点水 蜻蜓點水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ 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. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.358 per million Cross-References Synonym 水过地皮湿 shuǐguòdìpíshīReferenced by 点水 diǎnshuǐ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)