一笔带过 — Chinese idiom
一笔带过
yī bǐ dài guò
Traditional: 一筆帶過
Meaning
- to mention only very briefly; to skate over (a topic)
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 笔bǐpen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write;
- 带dàibelt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, t
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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