| 浅尝辄止 |
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ |
lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop |
| 浅 |
jiān |
sound of moving water |
| 浅 |
qiǎn |
shallow / light (color) |
| 浅尝 |
qiǎn cháng |
to merely have a sip or a bite (of one's food or drink) / (fig.) to dabble in; to flirt with (a topic) |
| 尝 |
cháng |
to taste; to try (food) / to experience / (literary) ever; once |
| 尝 |
cháng |
to taste; to experience (variant of 尝) |
| 尝 |
cháng |
old variant of 尝 |
| 辄 |
zhé |
then / at once / always / (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot |
| 辄 |
zhé |
variant of 辄 |
| 止 |
zhǐ |
to stop / to prohibit / until / only |