浅尝辄止 [淺嚐輒止] - to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into, to attempt half-heartedly, content with a smattering of knowledge, also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止 - qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ | Definition | ChinesePod.com

浅尝辄止 (淺嚐輒止)

qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

Pinyin

Definition

浅尝辄止 (淺嚐輒止)

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qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ

to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
to attempt half-heartedly
content with a smattering of knowledge
also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tíng zhǐ

1 to stop
2 to halt
3 to cease

zhǐ

1 to stop
2 to prohibit
3 until
4 only

wéi zhǐ

1 until
2 (used in combination with words like 到[dào] or 至[zhì] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)

jìn zhǐ

1 to prohibit
2 to forbid
3 to ban

fáng zhǐ

1 to prevent
2 to guard against
3 to take precautions

Idioms (16)

令行禁止

lìng xíng jìn zhǐ

1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
2 to ensure strictly obedience

充饥止渴

chōng jī zhǐ kě

1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)

叹为观止

tàn wéi guān zhǐ

1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection

学无止境

xué wú zhǐ jìng

1 no end to learning (idiom); There's always something new to study.
2 You live and learn.

屡禁不止

lǚ jìn bù zhǐ

1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)