点水 diǎn shuǐ

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

CHARACTERS

点 diǎn dot, speck, spot; point, degree
水 shuǐ water, liquid, lotion, juice