浅尝辄止 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) to stop after taking just a sip ; (fig.) to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop

Character by character

• 浅qiǎnshallow, superficial
• 尝chángto taste; to experience, to experiment with
• 辄zhéoften, readily; scattered; the weapon-rack of a ch
• 止zhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist

Idioms sharing a character

• 交浅言深 jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
• 害人不浅 hài rén bù qiǎn
• 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn
• 深入浅出 shēn rù qiǎn chū
• 浅显易懂 qiǎn xiǎn yì dǒng
• 备尝辛苦 bèi cháng xīn kǔ
• 尝尽心酸 cháng jìn xīn suān
• 未尝不可 wèi cháng bù kě
• 卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn
• 动辄得咎 dòng zhé dé jiù

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