Chinese–English

点水

diǎn shuǐ · dian shui

Traditional 點水

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  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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