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 · Chinese · Nantoka

qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

Traditional: 淺嘗輒止

浅尝辄止 (qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); fig. to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 浅尝辄止

浅jiān · sound of moving water 尝cháng · to taste; to try (food)辄zhé · then 止zhǐ · to stop

Related words

阻止to prevent 停止to stop; to halt; to cease 尝试to try (to see what it's like or whether one can do it)为止until 禁止to prohibit 止to stop 不止incessantly 尝to taste; to try (food)尝to taste; to experience (variant of 嘗|尝[chang2])尝old variant of 嘗|尝[chang2]到此为止to stop at this point 防止to prevent

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