(lit.) to stop after taking just a sip (idiom); (fig.) to gain only a superficial knowledge of sth and then stop
trad. 淺嘗輒止
Also written 淺嘗輒止【qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ】
Characters in this word
4浅
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sound of moving water
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Traditional
- 淺
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 15031 of 2500
尝
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to taste; to try (food), to experience, (literary) ever; once
- Pinyin
- cháng
- Traditional
- 嘗
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8804 of 2500
辄
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then, at once, always, (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Traditional
- 輒
- Strokes
- 11
止
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to stop, to prohibit, until, only
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 19491 of 2500