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蜻蜓点水
qīng tíng diǎn shuǐ
What 蜻蜓点水 means
- lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly
- superficial contact (idiom)
The characters in 蜻蜓点水
- 蜻qīngsee 蜻蜓
- 蜓tíngsee 蜻蜓
- 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
- 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
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