点水
Definitions
- 1. to skim
- 2. lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水)
- 3. skin-deep
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Example Sentences
2 shown烧一 点水 。
去拿 点水 来。
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Words Containing 点水
honest and trustworthy (idiom)
name of \water\ radical 氵[shuǐ] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
name of \ice\ radical 冫[bīng] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous