点水

點水
diǎnshuǐ
  1. to skim
  2. lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓点水)
  3. skin-deep

CEDICT

轻触水面。

重編國語辭典

Examples

去拿点水来。

Go get some water.

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你应该多吃点水果。

You should eat more fruit.

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请你随便吃点水果。

Please help yourself to some fruit.

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给我点水吧，行行好。

Be so kind as to give me some water.

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茶壶里再冲点水在里面。

Swill the teapot out with water.

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虽然喝多点水对身体有好处，但是一次性喝太多水也是不好的。

Drinking lots of water is good for you, sure, but one can't drink that much water at once.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 点 diǎn
  1. to touch briefly; to tap
  2. to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)
  3. to order (food etc); to select
  4. to mention; to bring up (a topic or person)
  5. to hint at; to imply
  6. to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops
  7. to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite
  8. to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down
  9. point; dot; spot; speck
  10. dot stroke in Chinese characters
  11. (math.) decimal point
  12. point in time or space
  13. (after a number) o'clock
  14. a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more
  15. classifier for small amounts
2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

蜻蜓点水 qīngtíngdiǎnshuǐ
  1. lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
  2. superficial contact (idiom)
点水不漏 diǎnshuǐbùlòu
  1. not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous
  2. watertight

Related entries

流览 liúlǎn
  1. to skim
  2. to browse
涉猎 shèliè
  1. to skim (through a book)
  2. to read cursorily
  3. to dip into
脱脂 tuōzhī
  1. to remove fat
  2. to skim (milk)
掠 lüè
  1. to take over by force
  2. to rob
  3. to plunder
  4. to brush over
  5. to skim
  6. to sweep