浅尝
qiǎn cháng
Pinyin

Definition

浅尝
 - 
qiǎn cháng
  1. dilettante
  2. amateur
  3. to dabble in
  4. to flirt with (a topic)
浅尝
 - 
qiǎn cháng
  1. dilettante
  2. amateur
  3. to dabble in
  4. to flirt with (a topic)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品尝
pǐn cháng
  1. 1 to taste a small amount
  2. 2 to sample
尝
cháng
  1. 1 to taste
  2. 2 to try
  3. 3 to experience
  4. 4 already
  5. 5 ever
  6. 6 once
尝试
cháng shì
  1. 1 to try
  2. 2 to attempt
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
浅
jiān
  1. 1 sound of moving water
何尝
hé cháng
  1. 1 (rhetorical question) when?
  2. 2 how?
  3. 3 it's not that...
受益匪浅
shòu yì fěi qiǎn
  1. 1 to benefit (from)
搁浅
gē qiǎn
  1. 1 to be stranded (of ship)
  2. 2 to run aground
  3. 3 fig. to run into difficulties and stop
未尝
wèi cháng
  1. 1 not ever
  2. 2 not necessarily
深浅
shēn qiǎn
  1. 1 deep or shallow
  2. 2 depth (of the sea)
  3. 3 limits of decorum
浅色
qiǎn sè
  1. 1 light color
浅薄
qiǎn bó
  1. 1 superficial
浅显
qiǎn xiǎn
  1. 1 plain
  2. 2 clear
  3. 3 obvious
短浅
duǎn qiǎn
  1. 1 narrow and shallow
肤浅
fū qiǎn
  1. 1 skin-deep
  2. 2 superficial
  3. 3 shallow
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
孟尝君
Mèng cháng jūn
  1. 1 Lord Menchang of Qi, Chancellor of Qi and of Wei during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)
害人不浅
hài rén bù qiǎn
  1. 1 to cause a lot of trouble
  2. 2 to inflict much suffering
浮浅
fú qiǎn
  1. 1 skin-deep
  2. 2 superficial
  3. 3 shallow
深入浅出
shēn rù qiǎn chū
  1. 1 to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
  2. 2 (of language) simple and easy to understand
浅尝
qiǎn cháng
  1. 1 dilettante
  2. 2 amateur
  3. 3 to dabble in
  4. 4 to flirt with (a topic)

Idioms (10)

交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)
备尝辛苦
bèi cháng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 to have suffered all kinds of hardships (idiom)
尝尽心酸
cháng jìn xīn suān
  1. 1 to experience one's full share of sorrows (idiom)
才疏学浅
cái shū xué qiǎn
  1. 1 (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
深入浅出
shēn rù qiǎn chū
  1. 1 to explain a complicated subject matter in simple terms (idiom)
  2. 2 (of language) simple and easy to understand
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
  2. 2 to attempt half-heartedly
  3. 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
  2. 2 to attempt half-heartedly
  3. 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
  4. 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
浅尝辄止
qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ
  1. 1 to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into
  2. 2 to attempt half-heartedly
  3. 3 content with a smattering of knowledge
  4. 4 also written 淺嘗輒止|浅尝辄止
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Gou Jian of Yue 勾踐|勾践[Gōu Jiàn]), in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
卧薪尝胆
wò xīn cháng dǎn
  1. 1 lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge

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