Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

點水

diǎnshuǐ

ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

Simplified 点水

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

去拿點水來。

qù ná diǎnshuǐ lái

Go get some water.

Keep 點水 and it comes back until you know it.

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