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浅尝辄止

qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

4-character word Traditional 淺嘗輒止

What 浅尝辄止 means

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

The characters in 浅尝辄止

• 浅qiǎnshallow; light (color)
• 尝chángto taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once
• 辄zhéthen; at once; always
• 止zhǐto stop; to prohibit; until