他對日文只是略懂皮毛。

He has only a superficial knowledge of Japanese.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他 tā
  1. (third-person singular) (since the early 20th century, usu. male) he; him; his
  2. (bound form) other; another; some other (as in 他日 tārì and 他人 tārén)
=2 對日 duì Rì (policy etc) towards Japan
=2 對日 duìrì
  1. (formal) next corresponding day
  2. next corresponding day
=3 文 Wén surname Wen
=3 文 wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
4 只是 zhǐshì
  1. merely; only; just; nothing but
  2. simply
  3. but; however
=5 略 lüè
  1. brief; sketchy
  2. outline; summary
  3. to omit
  4. (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly
  5. plan; strategy
  6. to capture (territory)
=5 略 lüè variant of 略 lüè
6 懂 dǒng
  1. to understand
  2. to comprehend
7 皮毛 pímáo
  1. fur
  2. fur clothing
  3. skin and hair
  4. superficial
  5. superficial knowledge