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Definitions
1. to skim
2. lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水)
3. skin-deep
Components
点
diǎn
–
point
水
Shuǐ
–
surname Shui
Related Words
两点水
liǎng diǎn shuǐ
–
name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15)
三点水
sān diǎn shuǐ
–
name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85)
点水不漏
diǎn shuǐ bù lòu
–
not one drop of water leaks (idiom); fig. thoughtful and completely rigorous