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1 lit. doesn't hurt, doesn't tickle (idiom); sth is wrong, but not quite sure what
2 fig. not getting to any matter of substance
3 scratching the surface
4 superficial
5 perfunctory

交浅言深

jiāo qiǎn yán shēn

1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

创巨痛深

chuāng jù tòng shēn

1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn

1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
3 to study diligently

夜深人静

yè shēn rén jìng

1 in the dead of night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哦，原来是这样。我对走私也是深恶痛绝。虽然走私产品相对来说比正品要便宜，但质量和售后服务都没有保障，所以我一直很抵制。

ō ，yuánlái shì zhèyàng 。wǒ duì zǒusī yě shì shēnwùtòngjué 。suīrán zǒusī chǎnpǐn xiāngduì láishuō bǐ zhèngpǐn yào piányi ，dàn zhìliàng hé shòuhòu fúwù dōu méiyǒu bǎozhàng ，suǒyǐ wǒ yīzhí hěn dǐzhì 。

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