半桶水
bun3 tung2 seoi2bàn tǒng shuǐ
English
- (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited
- superficial
- half-baked
- sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth)
- dabbler
- imperfectly learnt; literally: half bucket of water
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容能力麻麻，學藝未精，指淨係識一部份，未能完全掌握
Examples
佢樣樣嘢都半桶水，冇樣嘢學得成。
He dabbles in everything and achieves nothing.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk