touch on lightly
touch on lightly
Understatement, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q à ngmi á OD à nxi à, which originally means to describe with light colors, but now it mostly refers to talking and writing articles, with important issues lightly ignored, and it also refers to doing things effortlessly. It comes from the strange situation witnessed in 20 years.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] dragonfly skims water, not painful and not itchy [antonym] incisively and vividly, make a fuss
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 48 of the strange situation witnessed in the past 20 years: "I'm even more anxious to see him make such an understatement."
Idiom usage
Mao Dun's escape miscellany: "his answer is very simple, neither exaggerated nor intentional."
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