蜻蜓点水 — Chinese idiom
蜻蜓点水
qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
Traditional: 蜻蜓點水
Meaning
- lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
- superficial contact
Character by character
Idioms sharing a character
- 指点江山 zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 煽风点火 shān fēng diǎn huǒ
- 画龙点睛 huà lóng diǎn jīng
- 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
- 点水不漏 diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
- 点睛之笔 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ
- 点石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn
- 点金成铁 diǎn jīn chéng tiě
- 点铁成金 diǎn tiě chéng jīn
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