skimming over the surface
It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced f ú Gu ā NGL ü è y ǐ ng. It means a reflection on the water and a flash of shadow. It refers to the observation is not meticulous, no deep impression; also refers to the superficial article, no real knowledge and practical learning. It's from lingaotai written by Yi Liang of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
The poem "lingaotai" written by Chu Liang in Tang Dynasty: "the floating light changes with the sun, and the shadow changes with the depth."
Discrimination of words
Lantern riddle: looking for the moon in the water. synonyms: a glance at the flowers, a dragonfly skimming the water, a taste. Antonyms: insightful, meticulous, insightful, rigorous and serious. idiom: plunder, can not be read as "Lu". idiom distinguishing form: floating, can't write "Fu". easy to mix words: a cursory observation of things, emphasizing the process.
Idiom usage
If you study hard in the field, you will have a good reason to talk about it. If you have no prejudice, you will drift with the tide and do not know what to do. (Chapter 18 of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : fú guāng lüè yǐng
skimming over the surface
Every other line is like a mountain. gé háng rú gé shān
the corpses lie all over the countryside. shī héng biàn yě
Bullying the hard and fearing the soft. qī yìng pà ruǎn
the two musical instruments strike the same note. shēng qìng tóng yīn
handle a crisis without difficulty. lǚ xiǎn rú yí