粵

皮pei4毛mou4

pei4 mou4pí máo

English

  1. fur
  2. fur clothing
  3. skin and hair
  4. superficial
  5. superficial knowledge
  6. skin and hair ----
  7. superficial knowledge

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 皮膚同毛髮
  2. 引申指膚淺薄弱嘅知識

Examples

  • 他對日文只是略懂皮毛。

    He has only a superficial knowledge of Japanese.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他/她的大衣內襯是用皮毛做的。

    Her coat is fur on the inside.

    Tatoeba · witchrin CC BY

  • 略懂皮毛

    to know a bit of superficial knowledge

  • 我淨係識啲皮毛㗎咋。

    I have only superficial knowledge (on this subject).

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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