不求甚解

bùqiúshènjiě
  1. lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
  2. not bothered with the details
  3. superficial
  4. content with shallow understanding

CEDICT

to not seek deep understanding; to know things only on a superficial level

Wiktionary

读书着重理解义理，而不过度鑽研字句上的解释。晋．陶渊明〈五柳先生传〉：「好读书，不求甚解。」后多指学习或工作的态度不认真，只求略懂皮毛而不深入理解。《官场现形记．第五四回》：「这人小的时候，诸事颟颟顸顸，不求甚解。」

重編國語辭典

  1. 形容学习或工作的态度不认真，只求略懂皮毛而不深入理解
  2. 读书着重理解义理，而不过度鑽研字句上的解释

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
2 求 qiú
  1. to seek
  2. to look for
  3. to request
  4. to demand
  5. to beseech
3 甚 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
4 解 jiě
  1. to divide
  2. to break up
  3. to split
  4. to separate
  5. to dissolve
  6. to solve
  7. to melt
  8. to remove
  9. to untie
  10. to loosen
  11. to open
  12. to emancipate
  13. to explain
  14. to understand
  15. to know
  16. a solution
  17. a dissection

Related entries

浅薄 qiǎnbó superficial
鄙陋 bǐlòu
  1. superficial
  2. shallow
半桶水 bàntǒngshuǐ
  1. (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited
  2. superficial
  3. half-baked
  4. sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth)
  5. dabbler
浮 fú
  1. to float
  2. superficial
  3. floating
  4. unstable
  5. movable
  6. provisional
  7. temporary
  8. transient
  9. impetuous
  10. hollow
  11. inflated
  12. to exceed
  13. superfluous
  14. excessive
  15. surplus
花瓣浮在水面上。

The petals are floating on the water.

Source: Tatoeba

浮面 fúmiàn
  1. surface (of a liquid)
  2. superficial
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