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蜻蜓點水
蜻蜓点水
qīng
tíng
diǎn
shuǐ
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
superficial contact (idiom)
CEDICT
(figuratively) to do something on a cursory level
to do something on a cursory level
Wiktionary
比喻
膚淺
而
不
深入
的
接觸
。
重編國語辭典
形容
美妙
輕盈
形容
著力
少
或
費時
短
比喻
膚淺
而
不
深入
維基詞典
Entry Composition
1
蜻蜓
qīng
tíng
dragonfly
2
點水
diǎn
shuǐ
to skim
lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom
蜻蜓點水
)
skin-deep